Skænk

Old Danish Dictionary - skænk

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

The Old Danish word Skænk can mean:

  • av. (n skjenk. mnt schenke)
  • 1) ud- skænkning, beværtning med drikkevarer; thend vnøttige sed- wane att gae ind i husene att lade seg skienncke, thennd. skall her efftebøde med jadgang och skiennek aldelis were affskaffed (1578). KD I. 471; paa deris skiench och forsamling (1654). KD UI 437. — også bidrag til gilde; dersom samme suend faar arb- eyd her i byen en vge nest for schenck, da giffue til schench 1 £...da giffue sin fulde schench (1662). RoskSm 66, —2) (sv skånk) skab til drikkekar, M.

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

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