Flöteskatter

Old Swedish Dictionary - flöteskatter

Meaning of Old Swedish word "flöteskatter" (or fløteskatter) in Swedish.

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

flöteskatter (fløteskatter): skattetitel: eg. skatt i form av flottningskyldighet, avgift för befrielse från dkylik skydighet. iiij makr och iij ortuger flöteskat aff bredzsby FMU 4: 19 (1451). " aff dönius magnusson xx öre flöte skat" ib 20 (1451). ib. ib 21, 22, 23, 24 (1451).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

FMU: Finlands medeltidsurkunder. Utg. af Finlands Statsarkiv genom R. Hausen. 1--5. 1910--28.