Väsald

Old Swedish Dictionary - väsald

Meaning of Old Swedish word "väsald" (or væsald) in Swedish.

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

väsald (væsald): osällhet, elände. nödh oc väsald (Cod. A wsäld 102) MB 1: (Cod. B) 536. frelste al werden aff wäsaldh oc kiff MD 27. Jfr ysäld.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

MB: Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.

MD: Svenska Medeltids dikter och rim. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1881--82. SFSS.