Thvärkäpper

Old Swedish Dictionary - thvärkäpper

Meaning of Old Swedish word "thvärkäpper" (or thværkæpper) in Swedish.

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

thvärkäpper (thværkæpper): käpp placerad på tvären ot ngt. thär bindes the winsträn läghre pa twärkäppana som skwla them wppe halla PMSkr 317.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚼᚠᛅᚱᚴᛅᛕᛕᚽᚱ
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.