Välder

Old Swedish Dictionary - välder

Meaning of Old Swedish word "välder" (or vælder) in Swedish.

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

välder (vælder): storvulen? " [ragwald] knaphaffde wäller man och storhugadher (jfr motsv. ställe" VGL IV 15: 10: baldär oc huxstor, äfvensom i den lat. texten i Registrum Upsaliense: magnaimus et corde tumens) PK 225.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

PK: Sveriges Krönika (vanligen kallad den prosaiska). I Småstycken på Forn Svenska.