skelnä

skelnä

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse skilnaðr.

Noun

skelnä m

1. difference
2. boundary

   Hjenna jär skelnän mela sokknom

   This is the boundary between the parishes.

References

• Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Skelnä”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 585