Sköghla

Old Swedish Dictionary - sköghla

Meaning of Old Swedish word "sköghla" (or skøghla) in Swedish.

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

sköghla (skøghla)
dunge, liten skog, ungskog? i ortnamn. Jfr V. Ekenvall, Namn och bygd 31: 47 ff. datum sköglo SD NS 1: 110 (1402, avskr.). i sköglo ib 2: 8 (1408, avskr.).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
SD NS
(Svenskt Diplomatarium. Ny Serie.) Svenskt Diplomatarium från och med år 1401. Bd 3. Utg. genom C. Silfverstolpe. 1885--1902. -- Bd 4 s. 1--240. Utg. genom K. H. Karlsson. 1903--1904.
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