Knöpe

Old Swedish Dictionary - knöpe

Meaning of Old Swedish word "knöpe" (or knøpe) in Swedish.

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

knöpe (knøpe)
. m. och knöper, m. (pl. ack. knäpa STb 1: 236 (1480.) knapp; knut. lJfr Hildebrand, Se. Medelt. 1: 970. tesse skattade huSTv getruvdhe panta. .. knöpa oc spänne ATb 1: 247 (1466). ib 2: 8 (1473) odellus li lithin knuter oc lithin knöper STum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.">GU C 20 s. 357. " nodus di knuther ok knöpe ib. jnterdoium dii rwm mällom knöpa" ib (kand s2) s. 37. j ens kranz liknilse. .. hwilkin fuller war mz silwalwom knöpom ällir knwthom Mecht 150. v (6) forgylta knöpar j kiortla STb 2: 298 (1488). Jfr axla-, bryST-, STum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.">GUl-, kiurtil-, silf-knöpe el. knöper.

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

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

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Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
ATb
(el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.
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.
Mecht
Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.
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