Skärduker

Old Swedish Dictionary - skärduker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skärduker" (or skærduker) in Swedish.

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

skärduker (skærduker)
, m skirduk, stycke av genomskinligt, tunt tyg. kwnne i fynna noghre skön bondh tha köper migh ther i aff och en skerdwgh wydh vili eller xx alna GPMN 2: 140 (1499).

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

Alternative forms or notes:
  • skerdwgh )

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

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Works and authors cited:

PM
Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.
GPM
Gamla papper angående Mora socken. II. Arvid Siggessons brevväxling. Utg. av L. Sjödin och A. Pers. 1932.
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