Fräkna

Old Swedish Dictionary - fräkna

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fräkna" (or frækna) in Swedish.

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

fräkna (frækna)
fräkne, pigmentfläck på huden. neuus ui idest macula ue nascitur in corpore hominis et est mas generis frägna GU C 20 s. 352.

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

Alternative forms or notes:
  • frägna )

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

Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
GU C 20
Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.
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