Svidhia

Old Swedish Dictionary - svidhia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "svidhia" in Swedish.

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

svidhia
1) svedja, svedjeland. " roffwor oc hälinga wilya haffwa lösa oc fetha jordh oc helsth swidyo" PMSkr 203. l2) ss vedmått. item för ena swidhia töran wedh VKu 77 (1554).

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
PMSkr
Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.
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