Svälgher

Old Swedish Dictionary - svälgher

Meaning of Old Swedish word "svälgher" (or svælgher) in Swedish.

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

svälgher (svælgher): så mycket som sväljes på en gång, munfull, klunk. nar hon thär aff drak hördhis hwar en swälgher ällir drwpi j hänna hals giffua frm aldra sötasta liwdh Mecht 219.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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