Brötaragraf

Old Swedish Dictionary - brötaragraf

Meaning of Old Swedish word "brötaragraf" (or brøtaragraf) in Swedish.

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

brötaragraf (brøtaragraf): cuplearum brötargraff VGL XIII (enl. Lorenzen, Gammeldanske glosser s. 46, synes detta ord snarare böra läsas brotargraf, hvilket ss anmärkes anf. skrift s. 47, torde beteckna graf med bål, hvaröfver linet torkas, innan det bråkas).

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

Part of speech: nn

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