Rumpeskat

Old Danish Dictionary - rumpeskat

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

The Old Danish word Rumpeskat can mean:

  • 00. ifsv rumposkatter) kvægskat; huer mand skulle giffge iiij alb for huer det nød, som rumpen hagde, Den skath sokallede [dej runpe skath. CP V. 4711-43 haffue paalagt demnem stor skat, rump- eskat, aff alt det, bonden aatte. HvfIV. 216; haud paslagde en wseduanlig skat, som wi kaldede rumpe skat, aff huertlelfuendisqueghoffuit. sst, VIL LO7— Bumpskind, no. ? overdrug hans hustrus ligkiste med læder af rump- skind (1640). Wulff 187. Mulig = t rumptløder 0: skaftelæder.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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