Swedish???

[Magnus Bark (Farbror Skojskoj, en av de tjocka farbröderna) @ DCML (-) Disney Comics Mailing List (import & export)]

According to the official Swedish Dictionary,
<URL:http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se/>, the word "spöa" has been used in
the context "to beat someone" (or "lash, scourge") since the early
19th century.

quack,

Magnus Bark,
Swedish Donaldist

 / Magnus Bark (Farbror Skojskoj, en av de tjocka farbröderna)

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>2003-09-05 22:39:
>Subject: Swedish???
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>Michael Schartau <m_schartau at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> In todays free Stockholm newspaper "Stocholm
>> City" you can se a headline "Kalevala spöar
>> Kalle Anka" (Kalevala beats Donald Duck).
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>What is this "spöar" word? Is it some strange Stockholmish dialect word?
>AFAIK the correct Swedish word here wold be "slår" or "övergår".
>
>Sigvald
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