Skälfisker

Old Swedish Dictionary - skälfisker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skälfisker" (or skælfisker) in Swedish.

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

skälfisker (skælfisker)
ostron? koll. j [1] tunna skelfisch BtFH 1: 336 (1463). Jfr skalfisker.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

BtFH
Bidrag till Finlands Historia. Utg. genom R. Hausen. 1881--83.
FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
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