Smäl

Old Swedish Dictionary - smäl

Meaning of Old Swedish word "smäl" (or smæl) in Swedish.

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

smäl (smæl)
smäll. " de specu horrisono smellen vulgariter dicto Ol. Magnus Hist. de gent. sepentr. l. XI c. 4 (avser eg. "Viborgska smällen", av O. M. missuppfattad som ortnamn; Olaus Magnus historia om de nordiska folken 5: 248). "

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

Part of speech: nn

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


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