Akerbätring

Old Swedish Dictionary - akerbätring

Meaning of Old Swedish word "akerbätring" (or akerbætring) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

akerbätring (akerbætring): jordförbättring; öfverlåtelse af jord mot förbindelse att förbättra densamma. emphieosesis (fel för emphiteosis).. . dictur melioracio vt cum quis dat agrvm alicui vt melooret eum aaker bätrin (för -bätring) GU C 20 s. 217.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so akerbätring may have also been written as akerbætring

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛆᚴᚽᚱᛒᛅᛏᚱᛁᚿᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.