Besänkia

Old Swedish Dictionary - besänkia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "besänkia" (or besænkia) in Swedish.

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

besänkia (besænkia): brodera, sticka. Jfr Branting, Textil skrud s. 206. tedhe härran henne eth klädhe wnderligha besäncth (intextqm) Mecht 291.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.