Sävinna

Old Swedish Dictionary - sävinna

Meaning of Old Swedish word "sävinna" (or sævinna) in Swedish.

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

sävinna (sævinna): = sävin. " hon. .. hafdhe myKLa värlzlica thinga säuinno oc athanka" KL 321. hwilkin. .. swa enkanneligha säwinno haffdhe til the hälgha christi dyrkan Spec. Virg. s. 91 (enl. uppgift af Dr. R. Geete).

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

Part of speech: nn

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