Ovärdhelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - ovärdhelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ovärdhelika" (or oværdhelika) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

ovärdhelika (oværdhelika): ovärdigt, otillbörligt. hwa som äter gudz likama. .. owärdhelika. SvKyrkobr 33.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so ovärdhelika may have also been written as oværdhelika

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚮᚠᛅᚱᚦᚼᚽᛚᛁᚴᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

SvKyrkobr: Svenska Kyrkobruk under medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1900. SFSS.