Vanvärdhis

Old Swedish Dictionary - vanvärdhis

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vanvärdhis" (or vanværdhis) in Swedish.

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

vanvärdhis (vanværdhis)
för vanpris. at sälia wanwäridis thz thu bygt hafuer Ber 291.

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

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

Works and authors cited:

Ber
Helige Bernhards Skrifter. Utg. af H. Wieselgren. 1866.
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