Tövan

Old Swedish Dictionary - tövan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tövan" (or tøvan) in Swedish.

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

tövan (tøvan): dröjsmål, uppskof. " wtan alla töffwan" Lg 3: 638. " rader iach eder. .. athi haffue her ingen töffuen met" FM 177 (1504). Jfr fortövan.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Lg: Ett Forn-Svenskt Legendarium. Efter gamla handskrifter af G. Stephens. Första bandet. Andra bandet. 1847--58. -- Särskildt citeras de här aftryckta Codex Bureanus (Bu) och Codex Bildstenianus (Bil), så framt icke senare ändringar i dessa handskrifter afses.

Lg 3: Ett Forn-Svenskt Legendarium. Efter gamla handskrifter af G. Stephens. Tredje bandet. 1874.