Skämninger

Old Swedish Dictionary - skämninger

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skämninger" (or skæmninger) in Swedish.

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

skämninger (skæmninger)
bistock. Jfr TH. Hjelmqvist, Runinskriften på en bennål li Lunds historiska museum 21 f., E. Smedberg, Peder Månssons landsmansskap 62. wjlya bin borth flygha. .. tha haff redho nokon skämningh oc honom smör jnnan mädh honagh PMskr 301. ib. Jfr byskämninger.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
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