Räkkebalker

Old Swedish Dictionary - räkkebalker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "räkkebalker" (or rækkebalker) in Swedish.

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

räkkebalker (rækkebalker): långs huset gående bjälke på hvilken jagtfoglarne hafva sin plats? han slar nidh badha hök ok falka ok sätther vgglo a räkke balka MD (S) 230.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

MD: Svenska Medeltids dikter och rim. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1881--82. SFSS.