Thvärtäppa

Old Swedish Dictionary - thvärtäppa

Meaning of Old Swedish word "thvärtäppa" (or thværtæppa) in Swedish.

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

thvärtäppa (thværtæppa): stängsel tvärs öfver en ström. tvärtäppor mellan närdhetuna och hälgöö Styffe, Skandinavien und. unionstiden, 2 uppl., s. 264 (urk. fr. 1455).

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

Part of speech: nn

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