Vänge

Old Swedish Dictionary - vänge

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vänge" (or vænge) in Swedish.

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

vänge (vænge)
fält; inhägnad mark. i ortnamn. in vengj SD 1: 467 (1273). in villa thibili parochia vengium ib 2: 113 (1291). in villa que dictur brunnär parrochie wængiæ ib 682 (1292). " salmon i wänge Ib" NS 1: 437 (1405). " jönis i wänghiom" ib 77 (1401). wængæ Styffe, Skand. und.. unionstiden, 2 uppl., s. 115 (urk. fr. 1485). Jfr Ortnamnen i Älsborgs län XI 126.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
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