Gästreki

Old Swedish Dictionary - gästreki

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gästreki" (or gæstreki) in Swedish.

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

gästreki (gæstreki): inbyggare i Gestrikland. ss tillnamn. olaff gestrekie SJ 400 (1474, på tre ställen).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

SJ: 2 Stockholms Stads Jordebok 1474--1498. Utg. genom H. Hildebrad [och L. M. Bååth]. 1889, 1914.