Käfti

Old Swedish Dictionary - käfti

Meaning of Old Swedish word "käfti" (or kæfti) in Swedish.

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

käfti (kæfti)
VGL I þ 5: pr. (utan tvifvel för käfli; motsv. ställe i VGL II þ. 30 har kiäfli). JFr Fritzner, Ordb. 2: 270.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Fr
Hertig Fredrik af Normandie. Utg. af J. A. Ahlstrand. 1853.
VGL
Vestgöta-Lagen. Utg. af H. S. Collin och C. J. Schlyter. 1827.
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