Knävil

Old Swedish Dictionary - knävil

Meaning of Old Swedish word "knävil" (or knævil) in Swedish.

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

knävil (knævil): 1) kort pinne, tvärslå? fraGUs. .. knäuil ok knä GU C 20 s. 288. poples. .. knäskaal lok knäuil ib s. 468. 2) husknut. item breddin (på tomten) fran matissa owersta kueflom litet nidhan brvnnen oc intil tregardhin xix alna Sd NS 3: 554 (1420. - Jfr husa-, stovu-nävil.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.