Afkännu þing

Old Swedish Dictionary - afkännu þing

Meaning of Old Swedish word "afkännu þing" (or afkænnu þing) in Swedish.

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

afkännu þing (afkænnu þing)
ett ting som ej hölls på vanligt ställe och vanlig tid; såsom det som hölls hemma hos den som ej ville inställa sig på det vanliga tinget el. hos hvilken böter m. m. skulle uttagas (se Schlyter: Ordb. s. 11 f.). nominari vel mitti pacitum dictum aafkiännothing ad domos in placitis communibus respondere seu comparere nolencium SD 5: 389 (1344).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • aafkiännothing )

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚠᚴᛅᚿᚿᚢ:ᚦᛁᚿᚵ
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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