Fläkkia

Old Swedish Dictionary - fläkkia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fläkkia" (or flækkia) in Swedish.

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

fläkkia (flækkia): till rustningen hörande särsk. bröstet skyddande betäckning. " I par maliotygh. . .sclicet vnum par flækkio. vnum par grusænær. vnu skøzel. et I kraghæ" SD 4: 710 (1340?)

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

Part of speech: nn

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.