Speskära

Old Swedish Dictionary - speskära

Meaning of Old Swedish word "speskära" (or speskæra) in Swedish.

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

speskära (speskæra)
håna, bespotta, göra narr av. Jfr Å. Pkermalm, Fornnordiska verb med substantivisk förled 184 f. subsanare mz näsum speeskära GU C 20 s. 342. " om hon haffuir nakan speskurith" SkrtUppb 196. SvKyrkobr 348.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:
  • spee-.
  • -skurit )

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

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Works and authors cited:

GU
Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.
GU C 20
Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.
SkrtUppb
Skrifter till uppbyggelse från medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1904--05. SFSS.
SvKyrkobr
Svenska Kyrkobruk under medeltiden. Utg. af R. Geete. 1900. SFSS.
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