Ärvebalker

Old Swedish Dictionary - ärvebalker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ärvebalker" (or ærvebalker) in Swedish.

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

ärvebalker (ærvebalker): ärvdabalken. " som thät ytherliga vttrykkis j ärffuo balkin Arvstv. 14. med laghen som staar i ärffvebalken" Vg Fornmt I: 8-9 s. 102 (1505).

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

Part of speech: nn

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