Kloflöker

Old Swedish Dictionary - kloflöker

Meaning of Old Swedish word "kloflöker" (or klofløker) in Swedish.

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

kloflöker (klofløker)
hvitlök, allium savitum Lin. " alleum är klofflök" LB 3: 51. allium kioflögh ib 6: 284 (förut alium hiuter löker). alleum, klofflök uel hwitlök ib 7: 149. " fore heso scal man taka klofflök oc skära han sman" ib 1: 97. ib 2: 31, 49, 3: 161, 5: 77, 7: 11, 64, 66, 68, 10: 6. Jfr hvitlöker.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • klofflöök LB 7: 64, 66, 67. - lögh,)

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

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Works and authors cited:

LB
Läke- och Örte-Böcker. Utg. af G. E. Klemming 1--10. 1883--86.
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