Spanbälte
Old Swedish Dictionary - spanbälteMeaning of Old Swedish word "spanbälte" (or spanbælte) in Swedish.
As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:
- spanbälte (spanbælte)
- (med hake försett) bälte nyttjad vid spännande av armborST. Jfr haki 2, krihaki. laris hakonson lySTe een haka och spanbelte ATb 1: 366 (1472). STb 1: 295 (1481). Jfr spännebälte.
Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so spanbälte may have also been written as spanbælte
Part of speech: nn
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᛕᛆᚿᛒᛅᛚᛏᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.
Works and authors cited:
- ST
- Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
- ATb
- (el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.