Upländinger

Old Swedish Dictionary - upländinger

Meaning of Old Swedish word "upländinger" (or uplændinger) in Swedish.

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

upländinger Old Swedish word can mean:

upländinger (uplændinger): 1) person från landskapen norr om Götaland, särsk. Mälarlandskapen, uppsvensk. Jfr R. Pipping, Kommentar t. Erikskrönikan 177 f., 768, 783, E. Hiärne, Namn och Bygd 40 (1952): 147, E. Wessén, Nordisk Tidskrift (lett.) 40 (1964): 82 ff. herra karl aff kalmara / han loth budh vm landin fara / ok sampnade smalänningia / ok herra karl lbirgerson wplenningia / ok herra matius vesgöta EK 3984-38988 ff. Jfr 1.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

EK: Erikskrönikan enligt Cod. Holm. D 2 jämte avvikande läsarter ur andra handskrifter utg. av R. Pipping. 1921. SFSS.