Väntan

Old Swedish Dictionary - väntan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "väntan" (or væntan) in Swedish.

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

väntan (væntan): hopp, förhoppning. " then hugnaden äller the wäntan är os nekat oc fran takin aff gudhz strangaste rätwiso" Su 133 (kan föras till vänta 1).

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

Part of speech: nn

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