Beskænke

Old Danish Dictionary - beskænke

Meaning of Old Danish word "Beskænke", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Beskænke can mean:

  • go. (nt. beschenken, se Sch. u. L.) give at drikke, gøre beruset; haer Bacchus dig beskænkt oc skaalen saa credentzet, at hiermen anden dag balf siunes pestilentzed. Hexaem. 128. (tm.: beskenckte. B. Tott. I. 29).

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

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
nt.
nedertysk.
t.
tysk.
tm.
tillagsmåde (participium).

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