Tvännestads

Old Swedish Dictionary - tvännestads

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tvännestads" (or tvænnestads) in Swedish.

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

tvännestads (tvænnestads)
på två STällen. oleff hakansson zacer til xl lmarck, fore ath han är twenneSTadis borgere, her och j torsilie STb 3: 116 (1493).

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • twennestadis )

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

Works and authors cited:

ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
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