Upsvälghare

Old Swedish Dictionary - upsvälghare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "upsvälghare" (or upsvælghare) in Swedish.

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

upsvälghare (upsvælghare): uppslukare. " homerus kaller en tyrann almogens vpswäliare" PMSkr 676 (senare avskr.).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

PMSkr: Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.