Gräs

Old Swedish Dictionary - gräs

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gräs" (or græs) in Swedish.

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

gräs Old Swedish word can mean:

gräs (græs): 1) gräs. " deherbare vprykkia riiffua eller slaa gräss" STum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.">GU C 20 s. 330.

gräs (græs): 3) gräsbete, ete. " han förde wth pa gräsith swen helsingx häST" STb 1: 262 (1480). jesper no[r] bys heST. .. siden han forST kom a gräs ib 283 (1481). erich persson. .. sades ffrij fför then oxan han hade i gress aff huSTrv cicila STb 4: 362 (1514). - Jfr aker-, by-, bölmo- el. bölma-, hafs-, näso- el. näsa-, o-, orma-, sipuls-, svärds-, vatu-, yrta-, öghna-gräs.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.