Dröghare

Old Swedish Dictionary - dröghare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "dröghare" (or drøghare) in Swedish.

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

dröghare (drøghare)
anv. ss tillnamn. " herman drögare STb 1: 131 (1477). Jfr: herman dröge" ib 139 (1477) , STockholms STads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.">SJ 2: 32 (1477).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SJ
2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
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