Damask

Old Swedish Dictionary - damask

Meaning of Old Swedish word "damask" in Swedish.

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

damask
ett slags (ursprungligen från Damaskus kommand) tyg; damast? quomodo conficitur vel texitur damask & alie presiose vestes HSH 17: 92 (1523; Brask). at vetha skelfong emillom flogogel oc flogeeld dammask oc dammaskblyant (för dammask blyant) oc blyant ib 13: 114 (1524; Brask).

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • dammask )
  • damaska bloma (pl. -or),

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

Works and authors cited:

HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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