Tväkning

Old Swedish Dictionary - tväkning

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tväkning" (or tvækning) in Swedish.

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

tväkning (tvækning)
ovisshet, tvivel. - utan tväkning, utan tvivel, för visso. (Jason till kung Octes:) ey är myn dristoghet wtan radzens dispensering oc j wtan twäkning j bland alla bliffwen j orsaka Troj 19.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Troj
Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.
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