Sötlika

Old Swedish Dictionary - sötlika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "sötlika" (or søtlika) in Swedish.

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

sötlika (søtlika): 1) sött, ljuvt, behagligt. " meditor. .. sötligh sywnga oc tänka" GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 128. modulor. .. sötligha siwnga ib s. 149. Mecht 269. 3) ömt, innerligt. at hon. . maghe thäs söthalikare sik til dragha thy som hänne wardher theet oc wppenbarat aff GUdhi Mecht 231. " nar mannen är ensammen, wplyffte altidh sith hiärta til sin GUdh sötteligka (dulciter) ib 252. 4) milt. wisdom, mz huilkom jak alt wäl oc sötelika (suaviter) skikkadhe" Mecht 246.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

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.

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.