Ekevärke

Old Swedish Dictionary - ekevärke

Meaning of Old Swedish word "ekevärke" (or ekeværke) in Swedish.

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

ekevärke (ekeværke)
= ekevirke. än fornögdes vj arbetesmen for eeke verkit högs til pramen ij mark SSkb 275 (1507-08). per swensson gaffz xx öre for ekewercke ib 314 (1508-09).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • eeke-.
  • -wercke )

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

Works and authors cited:

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