Rätleker

Old Swedish Dictionary - rätleker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rätleker" (or rætleker) in Swedish.

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

rätleker (rætleker): rätthet, rätt förhållande. är thz sant ther scripten sigher, at gudh skapadhe mannin rättan oc swa som sanctus augustinus sigher thenne rätleker är then, at likamin lydher siälinne MB 1: 114.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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