Thvärfinger

Old Swedish Dictionary - thvärfinger

Meaning of Old Swedish word "thvärfinger" (or thværfinger) in Swedish.

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

thvärfinger (thværfinger): tvärfinger, lfingersbredd. li måttsbestämningar. klyff stobban try twärfingher nider PMSkr 327. " när mandelstenana sätias wändis nidhe then hwasse ndhen twa föther warandis mellen hwan stenen oc fira twärfinger dywpth j jordena" ib 343. ib 347. leer karen. .. warj. .. tw twär fingers tiok ib 563. klokka wm xc besmara marker wil lwara mädhan wm kringh fira twärfingher oc fäm spanna ib 570. ib.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

PMSkr: Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.