Rarät

Old Swedish Dictionary - rarät

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rarät" (or raræt) in Swedish.

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

rarät (raræt)
rårätt, efter råmärken. thäthan rarät til halstens almenninga. swa rarät vp at kirkiowäghenom til thorkils äng swa thäthan til byornasäter. swa thäthan rarät til norra säter VAH 24: 326 (1377). " raar reth til walden hara" BtFH 1: 144 (1506). " raa ret til pyhäsonsari" ib 189 (1508). DD 1: 96 (1442, nyare afskr.) , 147 (1492, nyare afskr.), 148.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • raa ret. raar reth),

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

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Works and authors cited:

BtFH
Bidrag till Finlands Historia. Utg. genom R. Hausen. 1881--83.
DD
Diplomatarium Dalekarlicum. Urkunder rörande landskapet Dalarne. Utg. af C. G. Kröningssvärd och J. Lidén. Del. 1--3. 1842--46.
FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
VAH
Vitterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens Handlingar.
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