Käxe

Old Swedish Dictionary - käxe

Meaning of Old Swedish word "käxe" (or kæxe) in Swedish.

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

käxe (kæxe): krok, hake, båtshake. ATb 1: 85 (1458). Jfr hunda käxe samt käppe.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

ATb: (el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.