Spyrsl

Old Swedish Dictionary - spyrsl

Meaning of Old Swedish word "spyrsl" in Swedish.

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

spyrsl Old Swedish word can mean:

spyrsl
1) spörsmål, fråga. nogh ser iak hwat jomfrun är pliktogh j gudz loff, än thu synis röra en spörslo om ängelin (sed quæstionem moisse videris de angelo) Sp V 32. fulkomplika minnis mik fadhir, thänna spörslena (optime pader recodor huis quæstionis) ib 360. " sannelika om änglana är os ekke spörsla (nobis quæstio non est)" ib 368. ib 445.
spyrsl
2) undersökning. " tha likawäl skal jak ekke wara tik j fran j thinne spörslo (inquistione)" SpV 181.

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • spörs )
  • *spyrsla (spörsla),

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

Works and authors cited:

SpV
Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.
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