Känne

Old Swedish Dictionary - känne

Meaning of Old Swedish word "känne" (or kænne) in Swedish.

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

känne (kænne): kännedom. " hans känne (kännedom om honom) vilde iak gerna hafua (d. v. s. ville gärna veta hvem han är)" Fr 1186.

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

Part of speech: nn

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