Räkta

Old Swedish Dictionary - räkta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "räkta" (or rækta) in Swedish.

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

räkta (rækta)
rätt, legitim, i lagligt äktenskap född. witha han (lärgossen) wara äktha ok räktha SO 49. ib 61. " äktha ok räktha födher" ib 15 (ordet kan här fattas adv.). Jfr rätta, adj.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

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Works and authors cited:

SO
Skrå-Ordningar. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1856.
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