Skiälva

Old Swedish Dictionary - skiälva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skiälva" (or skiælva) in Swedish.

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

skiälva (skiælva): 1) skälvning, darrning. hiertans skälue PMskr 652 (avskr.). 2) frossa, även i feber i allmm. GPM 2: 148 (1500?) (se under skiälva, vb).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

GPM: Gamla papper angående Mora socken. II. Arvid Siggessons brevväxling. Utg. av L. Sjödin och A. Pers. 1932.