Läppa

Old Swedish Dictionary - läppa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "läppa" (or læppa) in Swedish.

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

läppa (læppa)
förse med (tyg)lappar. Se E. Lidén, Namn och byd 23: 132. läppa the (ɔ scribe oc pharisei) mangfaldelika sina klädis falla oc wtuidha SkrtUppb 306. Jfr läppadher Sdw 1: 803.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

SkrtUppb
Skrifter till uppbyggelse från medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1904--05. SFSS.
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