Kännare

Old Swedish Dictionary - kännare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "kännare" (or kænnare) in Swedish.

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

kännare (kænnare): läare. " en falskir kännare är swasom twä äggiat swärdh" Hel män 108.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Hel män: Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.