Tilböta

Old Swedish Dictionary - tilböta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tilböta" (or tilbøta) in Swedish.

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

tilböta (tilbøta)
gifva godtgörelse, gifva mellangift (åt). med dat. huilkith godzeth andro scal tilbötä antighä met löso äller fastho FH 2: 36 (1413).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᛁᛚᛒᚯᛏᛆ
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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