Gäta barn

Old Swedish Dictionary - gäta barn

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gäta barn" (or gæta barn) in Swedish.

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

gäta barn (gæta barn)
barn som går i vall med kreatur. Hildebrand, Sv. Medelt. 1: 998 (1487).

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

Part of speech: nn

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


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