Räfst

Old Swedish Dictionary - räfst

Meaning of Old Swedish word "räfst" (or ræfst) in Swedish.

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

räfst Old Swedish word can mean:

räfst (ræfst): 1) straff. Jfr A. Nordling, Stud. i Nord. Fil. 31-32. 8 s. 19 f. 2) räfst, räfsteting. Se Sdw 2: 1287. tha räffstirna hioldos i sudercöpunghe Sd NS 3: 74 (1415). colloquium. .. perlamänt oc räffsth (hskr: raffsth) GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 96.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

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.