Fänga

Old Swedish Dictionary - fänga

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fänga" (or fænga) in Swedish.

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

fänga (fænga): smitta, smitta ned. then fängder (av pest) är drikke som hetasth han kan thet PMSkr 580.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᛅᚿᚵᛆ
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.