Fäghebänker

Old Swedish Dictionary - fäghebänker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fäghebänker" (or fæghebænker) in Swedish.

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

fäghebänker (fæghebænker): liggher pa fägebenken och ekke wil wara hemma hos [sin dan]ne quinne,. .. wtan sielffwe[liandes] giffwer sig til sköffwels i thetta örlögh BSH 5: 304 (1508). Jfr fläskebänker.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

BSH: Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.