Späktoffer

Old Swedish Dictionary - späktoffer

Meaning of Old Swedish word "späktoffer" (or spæktoffer) in Swedish.

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

späktoffer (spæktoffer)
ett den Judiska gudstjensten tillhörande offer som i Vulgata benämnes hostia pacificorum (i den Svenska bibelöfvers. af 1541 tackoffer erter Luthers dankopfer). thridhia offer war thz i gaMBlom laghom som godhe män offradho gudhi fore. .. nakra gudz nadher, som godhe män thakka gerna gudhi fore, thy kallas thetta offer hostia pacifiocorum thz thydher a wart maal späkt offer eller spaka manna MB 1: 476. Jfr späkta offer.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

MB
Svenska Medeltidens Bibelarbeten. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Del. 1, 2. 1848--55.
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