Svälter

Old Swedish Dictionary - svälter

Meaning of Old Swedish word "svälter" (or svælter) in Swedish.

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

svälter (svælter)
? svält hunger. thöm goor altingx stoor swelth och hönger paa FM 360 (1508). Jfr svalter.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

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Works and authors cited:

FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
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