Västanvart

Old Swedish Dictionary - västanvart

Meaning of Old Swedish word "västanvart" (or væstanvart) in Swedish.

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

västanvart (væstanvart)
vestvart, åt vester, åt vestra sidan. westanwart oc sunnanwart SD 1: 228 (1222-1230).

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

Part of speech: ab

Grammatical aspect: adv.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛅᛋᛏᛆᚿᚠᛆᚱᛏ
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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