Rätstyra

Old Swedish Dictionary - rätstyra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rätstyra" (or rætstyra) in Swedish.

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

rätstyra (rætstyra)
styra til det rätta, föra på rätt väg. engin kan rättas äller rätstyras aff sik wtan han styris aff gudhi Ber 5.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

Ber
Helige Bernhards Skrifter. Utg. af H. Wieselgren. 1866.
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