Gulväver

Old Swedish Dictionary - gulväver

Meaning of Old Swedish word "gulväver" (or gulvæver) in Swedish.

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

gulväver (gulvæver): kläder af gyllenduk. tok a houoþet i sin gulveps (Bil gul wäfts. Cod. C gul wäffs 941) kläþe (purpura) Bu 54.

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

Part of speech: nn

Grammatical aspect: pl.

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