Rädhegrima

Old Swedish Dictionary - rädhegrima

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rädhegrima" (or rædhegrima) in Swedish.

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

rädhegrima (rædhegrima): skrämmande ansiktsmask, skråpuk. (?) huilikin [gildbrodher ey] gör rät j gildosto[w.] komber ater till ldri[ks. tha] skal alderman la[tä hanum] sätiä war[a] räþi[grimu?] j hand oc forby[wþä] folk SvGst 68 (jfr R. Geete ib 70 f.).

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

Part of speech: nn

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