Skälkia

Old Swedish Dictionary - skälkia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skälkia" (or skælkia) in Swedish.

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

skälkia (skælkia): (för)smäda, bespotta. i siten ok skälken i magen haffua munnen rättan tha i skulen tala ATb 2: 142 (1479).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

ATb: (el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.