Böstan

Old Swedish Dictionary - böstan

Meaning of Old Swedish word "böstan" (or bøstan) in Swedish.

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

böstan (bøstan): bultande, klappande. " hon badhe kände ok hördhe barnsens hiärta böstan" Mecht 25. Bisk Nils´ vis-st 198.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Bisk Nils: Biskop Nils visitationsstadga för Vadstena kloster af jan. 1448. I Småst på Fsv.

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.