Undirtända

Old Swedish Dictionary - undirtända

Meaning of Old Swedish word "undirtända" (or undirtænda) in Swedish.

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

undirtända (undirtænda)
tända (eld) under (ngt). een hedhninge stal kaal. .. oc lagdhe ij kätil. oc vnditände starkan eld KL 192. varþ lauencius. .. up iui ristena þandar. ok eldar vndi tändar han ouan a mäþ iarn grepnom þrängdar (prunis suppositis eum cum fucis ferries compresserunt) Bu 416.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • undi- )

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

Works and authors cited:

Bu
Codex Bureanus. Se Lg.
KL
Klosterläsning. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1877--78.
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