Tära

Old Swedish Dictionary - tära

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tära" (or tæra) in Swedish.

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

tära (tæra): 1) förtära, förbruka. " thenna smörian tärdes oc ran w kared j gynom thz konsteliga hwled" Troj 188. - Jfr for-, up(Sdw 2: 861), ut-tära.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

Troj: Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.