Tröstelika

Old Swedish Dictionary - tröstelika

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tröstelika" (or trøstelika) in Swedish.

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

tröstelika (trøstelika)
1) med tillförsikt, utan fruktan, frimodigt. at ingen aff ider tage sig nogen fare eller fruktelsse fore. .. wtan giffue them tröSTelige oc offorsumandes hiit tiil loss wtan al redde STb 5: 316 (1520, Kop). 3) driSTigt, kraftigt. kempen medh swerdeno (ɔ en bödel) slo flerom synnom tröSTeliga pa hans hals J Buddes b 151.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -liga.
  • -lige )

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

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Works and authors cited:

Bu
Codex Bureanus. Se Lg.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
J Buddes b
Jöns Buddes bok. Utg. genom O. F. Hultman. 1895.
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