Vatuvägher

Old Swedish Dictionary - vatuvägher

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vatuvägher" (or vatuvægher) in Swedish.

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

vatuvägher (vatuvægher)
L. (HelsL V 2 i var.) väg till vatten. om en gamel vatu vä BtFH 1: 154 (1507). dömdes lauris persson nemis sin watu wag ffri och igne aff oleff nilisson ib 158 (1507). ib 1672 (1508). Jfr vatnvägher.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -wager )

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

Works and authors cited:

BtFH
Bidrag till Finlands Historia. Utg. genom R. Hausen. 1881--83.
FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
HelsL
Helsinge-Lagen. Utg. af C. J. Schlyter. 1844.
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