Dödhspräkar

Old Swedish Dictionary - dödhspräkar

Meaning of Old Swedish word "dödhspräkar" (or dødhsprækar) in Swedish.

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

dödhspräkar (dødhsprækar): dödsfläckar, ett slags hudfläckar hos döende. cum in predictis duabus puellis ad mortem infirmantibus iam gutte colerici sanguinis, que vulgariter dödspräka dicuntur, que certa signa sunt morientium, in toto corpore vtriusque virginis erumperent Scr. rer. svec. III 2: 277.

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

Part of speech: nn

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