Siälköpare

Old Swedish Dictionary - siälköpare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "siälköpare" (or siælkøpare) in Swedish.

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

siälköpare (siælkøpare)
=siäla köpare. sagdes fore retto, ath sälköparene skulo engin köpslagan annan bedriffwa än sääl, kopper ok järn ok engin fiisk STb 1: 25 (1475). ib 463 (1476, Burspr). enge sälköpara skulo. .. haffwa nogra tunnabindare ib 174 (1478).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • säl- )

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

Works and authors cited:

Bu
Codex Bureanus. Se Lg.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
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