Vällukta

Old Swedish Dictionary - vällukta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vällukta" (or vællukta) in Swedish.

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

vällukta (vællukta)
sprida vällukt, dofta. härran sagde, nar iak är i thinne siäl, tha wälluktar min eghin godhet i tik Mecht. Uppenb. 205.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

Mecht
Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.
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