Samföghian

Old Swedish Dictionary - samföghian

Meaning of Old Swedish word "samföghian" (or samføghian) in Swedish.

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

samföghian (samføghian)
förening, föreningslänk. " thy är han (ɔ: den helige ande) allars guddomsens een sambindile eller samföghän" SvKyrkobr (Lucid B) 124.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -föghän )

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

Works and authors cited:

SvKyrkobr
Svenska Kyrkobruk under medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1900. SFSS.
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