Söthet

Old Swedish Dictionary - söthet

Meaning of Old Swedish word "söthet" (or søthet) in Swedish.

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

söthet (søthet)
söthet, sötma. bildl. thy figh han ey smaka thes helga liffsens söthet SvKyrkobr (Lucid B) 131. " stingen at jak stungen ok opskurin maghe gifua söthetzsens lukt" J Buddes b 81. at gudhlikin kärlekir optändis oc sötheet börias wardha til gudz i siälene SkrtUppb 422.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -heet )

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

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Works and authors cited:

Bu
Codex Bureanus. Se Lg.
J Buddes b
Jöns Buddes bok. Utg. genom O. F. Hultman. 1895.
SkrtUppb
Skrifter till uppbyggelse från medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1904--05. SFSS.
SvKyrkobr
Svenska Kyrkobruk under medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1900. SFSS.
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