Fräkin

Old Swedish Dictionary - fräkin

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fräkin" (or frækin) in Swedish.

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

fräkin (frækin)
tapper, modig. " frodhe hin fräghne äller hardhe (jfr frodi enn frækni Flateyjarbók 1: 27 o. s. v.)" Iv LXXVI.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Works and authors cited:

Fl
Flores och Blanzeflor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1844.
Iv
Herr Ivan Lejonriddaren. Utg. af J. W. Liffman och G. Stephens. 1849.
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