Svärian

Old Swedish Dictionary - svärian

Meaning of Old Swedish word "svärian" (or sværian) in Swedish.

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

svärian (sværian): svärjande, bruk av svordomar. gab mote gudhi oc hans helghonom oc meenedha banna oc swärian SkrtUppb 211. " om hon haffuir syndat mz fafängo talan ellir storom eedhom ellir idkeligha bannan ellir swärian om gudz dödh pino ellir licama ellir fäm vnder etcʳᵃ om jomffru maria ellir andra helgha menniskior" SvKyrkobr 343.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SkrtUppb: Skrifter till uppbyggelse från medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1904--05. SFSS.

SvKyrkobr: Svenska Kyrkobruk under medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1900. SFSS.