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
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