Gräshäster

Old Swedish Dictionary - gräshäster

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gräshäster" (or græshæster) in Swedish.

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

gräshäster (græshæster)
häst som lämnas på gräsbee. jtem fogten geste engen clärk vtan. .. en tid om sommaren mz gräshesta Arnell Brask Bi ᴵ 17.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Arnell Brask
E. Arnell, Bidrag till biskop Hans Brasks lefnadsteckning. 1904. [Av de särskilt paginerade textbilagorna är I, s. 7--37, avtryckt ur hds. fr. 1513--27.]
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