Skärf

Old Swedish Dictionary - skärf

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skärf" (or skærf) in Swedish.

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

skärf (skærf): skärv, halv penning mynt av minsta värde. dypondius idest duo pondera tw skärff vnde in ewa[n]gelio nonne duo passeres veneunt dypondeo mona ey twse spirwa sälia för tw skärff GU C 20 s. 190. octussis. .. attha skärff ok atta skärffua wärde ib s. 374. ib s. 506. ib (hand 2) s. 149. .. the fatigha änkiona, som sände j mönstridh tw skärff SpV 326. - Jfr plato skärf.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.

SpV: Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.