Dunkäfle

Old Swedish Dictionary - dunkäfle

Meaning of Old Swedish word "dunkäfle" (or dunkæfle) in Swedish.

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

dunkäfle (dunkæfle): kaveldun, typha latifolia Lin. och typha angustifolia Lin. Jfr Smedberg, Peder MÅnssons landsmansskap s. 47. " banden mädh hwilken bindas skal warj gjord aff tärkadho säff, äller aff bladommen aff dwnkäfle som wäja j kärrom" PMSkr 313.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

PMSkr: Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.