Välhugha

Old Swedish Dictionary - välhugha

Meaning of Old Swedish word "välhugha" (or vælhugha) in Swedish.

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

välhugha (vælhugha): välsinnad, GOd snäll. ä wäxä wälliuga (trol. för wälhuga) barn tho at the watn drikka GO 129 ; se Kock, Medeltidsordspr. 2: 433 f-; jfr äfven ib 94 f-, hvarest en annan förklaring af wälliuga gifves.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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