Gängla

Old Swedish Dictionary - gängla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gängla" (or gængla) in Swedish.

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

gängla (gængla): träsko? giff ey swa ängle at thu gaar siälwer aa gänghlo (Danska saml. har: træben; non superis, ita des quod calopedeum base vades) GO 616.

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

Part of speech: nn

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