Tilhvässa

Old Swedish Dictionary - tilhvässa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tilhvässa" (or tilhvæssa) in Swedish.

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

tilhvässa (tilhvæssa): tillspetsa, hvässa. " han. .. lät. .. iärn camba til hwässa som thera köt skulde af benom rifuas mz" KL 373.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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