Landkänning

Old Swedish Dictionary - landkänning

Meaning of Old Swedish word "landkänning" (or landkænning) in Swedish.

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

landkänning (landkænning)
landkänning; landsträcka som erbjuder landkänning. the komma jn tiill phrigiam tröya borgds rikes landkänning Troj 5.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Troj
Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.
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