Skällelater

Old Swedish Dictionary - skällelater

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skällelater" (or skællelater) in Swedish.

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

skällelater (skællelater)
gapskratt, hånskratt. " mz höghom skälle latir" KL 186.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

KL
Klosterläsning. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1877--78.
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