Rödhleker

Old Swedish Dictionary - rödhleker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rödhleker" (or rødhleker) in Swedish.

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

rödhleker (rødhleker): rödhet, röd färg. hwitlekin, och rödhlikin, the prydha mykith brudhenna änlithe Mecht 270. ödhmiwkhetzsens rödhlek (purpura) ib 291.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.