Skärsle

Old Swedish Dictionary - skärsle

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skärsle" (or skærsle) in Swedish.

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

skärsle (skærsle): bevisning som genom gudsdom förebringas om anklagad persons oskuld. kesaren. .. dömde hänne skärsla at troþa fäm fota brännande iarn hal Bu 419.

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

Part of speech: nn

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