Thäkan

Old Swedish Dictionary - thäkan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "thäkan" (or thækan) in Swedish.

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

thäkan (thækan): SD 3: 673 (1325, gammal afskr.). vnum supelectile dictum thekan ib. " tapetum meum blaium cum 1 thækan" ib. " vnum thækan de albo et bruneto" ib 6: 21 (1348). " eth thäkan oc eth par lenlakan ib" NS 1. 514 (1405). en röt arnest täghen FM 76 (1483, daniserande). iij täghen mot gwlsynd ib. " eth täghen met lerit opwnner" ib. " iiij gamle täghen" ib. " ij eengelst täghen ib. ij fyndzxske täghen ib. HSh 19: 165 (1506). gifuer jak til sancti laurencij altae eth täkän" FH 6: 25 (1451). gifuer iak. .. til sancti henrix graff i nosis eth täkän ib 39 (1453). ib 42 (1455), 357 (1449). öfverhölgdes grafsteenen med eth dyrt täkin, uppa huilko besänkt var sanctæ catharinæ beläte TK 269. " vi spreddo eth storth täkon (pallium) vppa iordhena" MB 2: 95. SD 4: 622 (1338), 6: 233 (1350), NS 1: 678 (1407). Jfr gulgulskins-, mardhskins-, ryza-, silke-thäkan.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

thäkän SD 4: 622 (1338).
täkän.
thäken SD 6: 233 (1350). " täghen (i daniserande text). täkon. täkin. täken" FH 6: 42 (1445)),

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

FH: Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.

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

SD: Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.

TK: Translatio Katarinæ. I Scriptores rerum svecicarum T. 3, sect. post., s. 268--75.