Bekännare

Old Swedish Dictionary - bekännare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bekännare" (or bekænnare) in Swedish.

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

bekännare (bekænnare)
bekännare. " allä hälgha lärarä och gwdz bekännare bidhien for migh" Gers Ars b 6.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Gers Ars
Ars moriendi. Gersons lärdom huru man skall dö. 1881.
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