Brovärke

Old Swedish Dictionary - brovärke

Meaning of Old Swedish word "brovärke" (or broværke) in Swedish.

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

brovärke (broværke): virke till plankläggning. på en (skepps)bro? " gaffs erick i säby fore palar hamerbandh och browerke xxx (0) mark (SSkb 314 (1508-09). fornödes samma erick for jc (100) browercke xx (20) alna langt viij (8) mark" ib 155 (1504-05).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

SSkb: Stockholms Stads Skottebok 1501--1510. Utg. genom H. Hildebrand. 1889, 1915. SSKb 2:= Stock Skb