Kraft

Old Danish Dictionary - kraft

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

The Old Danish word Kraft can mean:

  • no, hunk.; pass thet thend mechtuge krafit, som hun offuen for ligger, 2. Kor. 47 (1524); som min krafft vaar pas den tid, saa er bun end nu. Josv. l4.11; hans krafft hun er ukrenckelig. Psalmedigtn. I. 20. Isl. kraptr. hank.; 11., sv. og t. kraft hunk. — fit.; er ey vthen en so0l oc hauer togh tremnæ krafthæ. Lucid. 19. — hemmelske krafit skulle roris. Luk. 21.26 (1524; Chr. Pedersen, 1550, 1647: krafter; jvir. Matth. 24.20;

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

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Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
hank.
hankon (masculinum).
hunk.
hunkøn (femininum).
n.
norsk.
sv.
svensk.
t.
tysk.
æ.
ældre.

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