Old Swedish

American  

noun

1. the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500. OSw

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Etymology

Origin of Old Swedish

First recorded in 1845–50

Example Sentences

In a few weeks he had raised enough money to enable the Swedish Red Cross to transport the entire 900 inhabitants of Old Swedish Town back across Europe to Sweden.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Old Swedish state-organism the various parts thus possessed a high degree of individualized and pulsating life; the empire as a whole was also powerful, although the royal dignity was its only institution.

From Norwegian Life by Clough, Ethlyn T.

It has many inflections now obsolete, but which are to be found only in Old Swedish and Icelandic; many antiquated words and phrases, exempli gratia, then annin,” Icelandic “thann annan.”

From Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human Race by Johnes, Arthur James