Slät

Old Swedish Dictionary - slät

Meaning of Old Swedish word "slät" (or slæt) in Swedish.

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

slät (slæt): 1) Jfr umslät (Sdw 2: 805). 2) lösande? Jfr C. E. Tors, Den kristna terminologien i fornsvenskan 314, äensom ffri bazlät, firi banzlätenä Smål 13: 4 - Jfr Sdw 2: 4346 under slätter?

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

*slättar karl
släterkarla HLG 3: 131 (1529)); jfr slatherkarla (snrast fel för släther-) ib 137 (1529). siätta kara VKU 103 (1561) ),

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