Vandväter

Old Swedish Dictionary - vandväter

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vandväter" (or vandvæter) in Swedish.

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

vandväter (vandvæter): ? ond varelse, dålig el. nedrig menniska. nero nequam som tydher wandwäter äller skalkelikin Bil 307.

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

Part of speech: nn

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