Siälfdödher

Old Swedish Dictionary - siälfdödher

Meaning of Old Swedish word "siälfdödher" (or siælfdødher) in Swedish.

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

siälfdödher (siælfdødher)
självdöd. morticinus. .. siälff döth scilicet quando eST mortalitas angimalium STum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.">GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 157. han hade flaget sielff dödh lamb och saalth i bodhenä STb 1: 66 (1476).

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

Additional information: p. adj.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • sielff- )

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

Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
GU C 20
Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.
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