Söfteliker

Old Swedish Dictionary - söfteliker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "söfteliker" (or søfteliker) in Swedish.

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

söfteliker (søfteliker): återhållsam, nykter. " swa rädh oc sancte pädher oc sagdhe, varin söftelike oc vakin (Jfr 1Petr. 5: 8: sobrii estole et vigilate), thy at owenen diäfwulin gar som riwtande leon oc söke hwem han matte swälghia" Hel män 106. Jfr söftelikhet, söftidhelikhet och söftogher (Sdw 2: 604) samt subtilighen (Sdw 2: 544).

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Hel män: Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.