Thrälning

Old Swedish Dictionary - thrälning

Meaning of Old Swedish word "thrälning" (or thrælning) in Swedish.

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

thrälning (thrælning)
mödosamt arbete. thet för:de godz. .. vnte. .. hustru elinn sinom kära swäger. .. för sit stora omak och swårä trälning, som han offta haffuer hafft till tinget och stempno FH 5: 171 (1496), nyare afskr.).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
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