Näfgiäld

Old Swedish Dictionary - näfgiäld

Meaning of Old Swedish word "näfgiäld" (or næfgiæld) in Swedish.

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

näfgiäld (næfgiæld): nässkatt, personlig skatt. Se Sdw 2: 1274 och jfr Norsk Hist. Tidsskr. 5. R: Bd 4: s. 486 f. samt näfpänningar, nävagiäld.

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

Part of speech: nn

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