Besnöra

Old Swedish Dictionary - besnöra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "besnöra" (or besnøra) in Swedish.

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

besnöra (besnøra)
med snöre uppmäta. llengden myllom myn bygningh ok skipper dlemitz är xvij alna ok eth quarttere som stadzins sylsätiara mekt ok benöreth haffua SJ 2: 94 (1483).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Works and authors cited:

SJ
2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.
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