Vanmäghin

Old Swedish Dictionary - vanmäghin

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vanmäghin" (or vanmæghin) in Swedish.

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

vanmäghin (vanmæghin): vanmakt. " wnge män ok starke gingu a gatum som gasta sultne til the fiollu nidher dödhe for wanmären (sannolikt för wanmäghen, wanmäghin el. wanmäghue; Cod. C omäghne 993)" Bil 316. " thins licama öghna syn mörktis aff wanmäghne Cod. Skokl. nr 8 in 80 s. 127 (enligt meddelande af Dr. R. Geete). Jfr omäghin. "

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

Part of speech: nn

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