Tilsänkia

Old Swedish Dictionary - tilsänkia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tilsänkia" (or tilsænkia) in Swedish.

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

tilsänkia (tilsænkia): genom nedsänkning (af ngt) tillstånga, igenfylla. her är nw all hampnen tiilsencht med stora stenkiisthor HSH 20: 180 (1507). " hampnen var tilsength" ib 183 (1507). ib 182.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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