Späkkare

Old Swedish Dictionary - späkkare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "späkkare" (or spækkare) in Swedish.

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

späkkare (spækkare): person som bereder späck? rökare? torkare? ss tillnamn. hanis späckare(?) dottir STb 2: 86 (1474). Om innebörde är 'rökare', 'torkare' torde ordet snaraST böra normaliseras spikare.

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

Part of speech: nn

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