S(v)øft

Old Danish Dictionary - s(v)øft

Meaning of Old Danish word "S(v)øft", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word S(v)øft can mean:

  • no.stykket mellem rebene på et sejl; den som bedre vaar beseylet end sin nabo hand skulde tage it søffteller tu ind. VdS 376 (= ] complica velorum parte. Sax 751); at tage et søft ind, at giore seylet mindre. Steph I. 2052; tag kun søfftet ind. Naur r2; — en soft jeg ind maa tage. AB I. 81b; — lade deris segl nogit lidet ned- 30sige oc binde suøfterne op. CIS 281 (=isl svipta af handrifi. Jønssons udg. II. 402); en Aristoteles maa tage svøftet ind. P. Pårs B. 3, $.3 (Liebenb 196). Jf n syfte o: reb (på et sejl til reb- ning); svd syftegång.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋ(ᚠ)ᚯᚠᛏ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
no.
navneord (substantivum).

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