Giäldkare

Old Swedish Dictionary - giäldkare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "giäldkare" (or giældkare) in Swedish.

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

giäldkare (giældkare): gälkare, konungens ombudsman i en stad el. (I Danmark) i ett landskap. Jfr A. Schück, Studier rörande det svenska stadsväsendets uppkomst s. 319. thenne daghthingän. .. mellom. .. konung albrecht li swerike. .. oc werdoghom herrä. .. ärkebiscop magnus i lund, herrä tuuä galen, gyälkär 8o. s. v.) Rydberg Tr 2: 451 (1381).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

Rydberg Tr: Sveriges traktater med främmande magter jemte andra dit hörande handlingar. Utgifna af O.S. Rydberg. Del. 2, 3. 1880--95.