Tilfällelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - tilfällelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tilfällelika" (or tilfællelika) in Swedish.

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

tilfällelika (tilfællelika)
vid lägligt tillfälle. att han wille komme nogen twedräkt emellan oss the tyske oc danske oc emellan then menige allmoge her inrikes thet han med sitt tyranni oc onde wilie tillferligere kunne bedrifue HSH 14: 32 (1525, Magnus Sommar).

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • tillfelligere )

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

Works and authors cited:

HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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