Offerpänninger

Old Swedish Dictionary - offerpänninger

Meaning of Old Swedish word "offerpänninger" (or offerpænninger) in Swedish.

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

offerpänninger (offerpænninger): offerpenning, penning som gives ss offer (vid mässa). - pl. SSkb 120 (1504). " helmich gaffs til julen viku lön ɉ mark viku lön och vj öre offer peninga" ib 271 (1507-08). item alt folkit til offirpäningha til jwl VKU 6 (540).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

SSkb: Stockholms Stads Skottebok 1501--1510. Utg. genom H. Hildebrand. 1889, 1915. SSKb 2:= Stock Skb

VKU: Vadstena klosters Uppbörds- och Utgiftsbok 1539--1570. Utg. af C. Silfverstolpe. 1895.