Söva

Old Swedish Dictionary - söva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "söva" (or søva) in Swedish.

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

söva (søva)
söva. "tha hon swa laa söffdh j sälom sömpne" Mecht 217. .. . som amor plägha, tha the vilia söffwa sin barn SkrtUppᵇ 264. godh fostirmodhir swepir sith barn. .. lyllar thät oc söuir thät ib 270. en sofuande man, söfdhir aff starko wine Hel män 112.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -ir.
  • söff SkrtUppb 265. part. pret. söfdher),
  • *söva sik ,

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

Similar entries:

Works and authors cited:

Hel män
Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.
Mecht
Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back