Knästöflar

Old Swedish Dictionary - knästöflar

Meaning of Old Swedish word "knästöflar" (or knæstøflar) in Swedish.

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

knästöflar (knæstøflar)
stöflar som nå upp till knät. höga stöfla half mark swenske, knä stöfla for 2 öre GS 51 (1450).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

GS
Några Gambla Stadgar [såsom bihang till Biärköa-Rätten utg. af J. Hadorph]. 1687.
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