Sinka

Old Swedish Dictionary - sinka

Meaning of Old Swedish word "sinka" in Swedish.

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

sinka: sina, femma, den sida på en till tärningspel begagnad tärning som har fem prickr. sees j hwaret kast / sink quarter ther nest MD 395. quinio. .. fämte ok sinka scilicet in tessere GU C 20 s. 511.

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛁᚿᚴᛆ
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.

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

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.

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