Skänk

Old Swedish Dictionary - skänk

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skänk" (or skænk) in Swedish.

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

skänk (skænk)
skänk, gåva. " wthgiffwer skiparen skän äller drykke pänynga" PMSkr 78. " varin tillatoge per seruicium vestrum och nogra smaa skäner at j motte lära laborare in apotheca" HSH 13: 115 (1524, Brask).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -er) ,

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

Works and authors cited:

HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
PMSkr
Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.
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