Gräskar

Old Swedish Dictionary - gräskar

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gräskar" (or græskar) in Swedish.

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

gräskar (græskar): kurbits, pumpa, cucurbita pepo L. Jfr Smedberg, Peder Månssons landsmansskap s. 48. cucumer vel cucumis gräskar GU C 20 s. 157. PMskr 271. gräskar skwlw saas j waatha jordh oc wäskofwlla först j mars maanad ib 352. ib.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚱᛅᛋᚴᛆᚱ
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.

PM: Peder Månssons Stridskonst och Stridslag. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 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.