Bolvärke

Old Swedish Dictionary - bolvärke

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bolvärke" (or bolværke) in Swedish.

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

bolvärke (bolværke): bålverk, skansverk. " redhes til mwra homeyor oc bolwärke. bysso baardha för än fiendana komma" PMSkr 141.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚮᛚᚠᛅᚱᚴᚽ
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.