skapt (OSw) skapt (OGu) skaft (ON) noun

In OSw KrL, appearing in the context of a seller (in this case the king) of land offering it med skafft och skæll ‘with a shaft and legal formality’, which has been interpreted as part of a ritual where the witnesses held a piece of wood, possibly a measuring stick.

measuring stick ONorw MLL Lb 3
penis OGu GL A 19
shaft ONorw GuL Kvr, Mhb
OSw KrL Add
OSw UL Mb Refs:

Larsson 2009, 159; Schlyter 1877, s.v. skapt