plætter

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Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Arguably from Old Norse *blettr (and cognate of Icelandic blettur). Arguably from Middle Low German plet (“patch”).

Noun[edit]

plætter

  1. stain, blot
    • 1480, Läke- och Örte-Böcker‎[1], G. E. Klemming, published 1883, page 316:
      Tha ögonen äre rödh som blod heller haffwa flecker, Skal man siwda malyrth oc blanda hennes oss mz tz hwiitha aff eggit och quinna miölk, oc rosen vatn, oc göre ther aff smaa plaster aff liinklwta, oc leggia oppo ögonen, tz drager blodet oc pletterna bort,
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Descendants[edit]

  • Swedish: plätt

References[edit]

  • plätter in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
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