Välta

Old Swedish Dictionary - välta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "välta" (or vælta) in Swedish.

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

välta Old Swedish word can mean:

välta (vælta): 1) hopvältrad hög; stor bunt (af ris). mich tycthe raadh vara, ath i lathe göre nogre flotter aff tijmber, sadane som the haffue vid färenär op i dalena. .. pa floterna kan man göre store velter aff riiss sa tycka, at engte hoffuit stycke skywter ther i genom, oc forware them med torff för fyrpiil pa alle sider BSH 5: 290 (1508).

välta (vælta): 2) = vältra. Jfr i latiniserad form: arbusta sea sarmenta colligunt, & hæc virentibus iniperis vbique cresentibus, cum pice, cvortieque arboris betulinæ ingeniso comendio restibus constrigunt: idque ade immani altitudine, & mangitudine instar longarum turrium effciunt, vt vnamquaque congeriem (quam veltam vocant) antrorsum montendo, circiter viri centum volant, aut plure, prout immensitas huiscemodi veltarum requirit: quæ etiam velta talem secruitatem motiribus suis ob vastam spissitudinem præbet, vt nullo sagittarum, scorpionum, aut tormentorum genrer in eius admotione lædi possint Olaus Magnus Hist. de gent. septenir. l VII c. 17. ventos expectant, & eligunt tempestuoos & austeriores, qui admotos & accensons veltarum funnos, & flammas tectis arcium intrudant ib c. 18.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

BSH: Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.