Böveri

Old Swedish Dictionary - böveri

Meaning of Old Swedish word "böveri" (or bøveri) in Swedish.

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

böveri (bøveri): dåligt leverne, i sht osedlighet, lösaktighet. tyle marget skal. .. bliffua slaghin til STwpona for sith böffweri skuld STb 1: 10 (1475). sagdes for retta, at jöns eliffson offuergiffue sina ölsätning ok böffuerij ib 2: 243 (1487). Jfr boveri.

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

Part of speech: nn

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