Gräptan

Old Swedish Dictionary - gräptan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gräptan" (or græptan) in Swedish.

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

gräptan (græptan): gräfning med hacka? " ut. .. fundum ecclesie. .. ad agricuturam redigant per operam dictam græptan" SD 4: 38 (1327).

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᛅᛕᛏᛆᚿ
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.