Brödhskodhare

Old Swedish Dictionary - brödhskodhare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "brödhskodhare" (or brødhskodhare) in Swedish.

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

brödhskodhare (brødhskodhare)
brödskådare, brödkontrollant, ämbetsman som hade att vaka över brödets halt och vikt. Beckman Stud 85 (omkr. mitten av 1400-talet, Arboga tänkeb). Jfr Bergström Arb Kr 110.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Ber
Helige Bernhards Skrifter. Utg. af H. Wieselgren. 1866.
Beckman Stud
N. Beckman, Studier i outgivna fornsvenska handskrifter. 1917. SFSS.
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