Böketrö

Old Swedish Dictionary - böketrö

Meaning of Old Swedish word "böketrö" (or bøketrø) in Swedish.

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

böketrö (bøketrø): 1) bok. " plantere humble gårder och böke trä, ther inge siälff wexe" PMSkr 706 (senare avskr.). 2) bokträ, bokvirke. böke trä oc suber thär kork aff taks rwthnar snarlika j wäsko PMSkr 349.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1845.

PMSkr: Peder Månssons Skrifter på svenska. Utg. af R. Geete. 1913--15. SFSS.