Stadhfästan

Old Swedish Dictionary - stadhfästan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "stadhfästan" (or stadhfæstan) in Swedish.

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

stadhfästan (stadhfæstan)
stadfästelse. bekräftelse. thessen stadhfästan war giort medh skälom oc skilrikom JämtlDipl 252 (1440).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Di
Sagan om Didrik af Bern. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1850--54.
JämtlDipl
Jämtlands och Härjedalens diplomatarium utg. under red. av K.-E. Löfqvist o. R. Swedlund. 1943 ff.
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