Tvävärdhis

Old Swedish Dictionary - tvävärdhis

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tvävärdhis" (or tvæværdhis) in Swedish.

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

tvävärdhis (tvæværdhis)
med dubbla värdet. then skahdin scal twäwärhis ater bötas PfN 140.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Works and authors cited:

PfN
Previlegier för Norberg. I Småstycken på Forn Svenska.
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