Vänkia

Old Swedish Dictionary - vänkia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "vänkia" (or vænkia) in Swedish.

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

vänkia (vænkia)
visa (från sig). han wille thera bön egh fraa sig vänkia MD (S) 234. Jfr franvänkia.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

MD
Svenska Medeltids dikter och rim. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1881--82. SFSS.
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