Västnordhan

Old Swedish Dictionary - västnordhan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "västnordhan" (or væstnordhan) in Swedish.

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

västnordhan (væstnordhan): med ack. nordvest om. lot vp. .. ena tompt liggiande westnordan bykirkiona SJ 256 (1457).

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

Part of speech: pp, ab

Additional information: adv. och prep. A) adv. i nordvest. två bälgher med hyttone som här i strömen west-nordan näst grufvobergena ligger DD 1: 52 ( 1396, nyare afskr.) . B)

Grammatical aspect: prep.adv. prep.

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

Works and authors cited:

SJ: 2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.

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