Räfsa

Old Swedish Dictionary - räfsa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "räfsa" (or ræfsa) in Swedish.

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

räfsa (ræfsa): straffa. " med dat. skal iak ga a mot idher. .. mz wredhe oc räfsa mz siwfallom plaghom" MB 1: 378. " reps thinom wndhersaathe skellige mz mildhedh" Bir 5: 140 (jfr 144). Jfr oräfster.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

Bir: Heliga Birgittas Uppenbarelser. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Bd 1--5. 1857--84. -- Med den vid citat härur stundom förekommande förkortningen: Avt åsyftas de Bd 4, s. 177--185, tryckta egenhändiga utkasten af Birgitta, med Dikt Engelens Diktamen tryckt Bd 4, s. 215--276.

MB: Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.