Korsträ

Old Swedish Dictionary - korsträ

Meaning of Old Swedish word "korsträ" (or korstræ) in Swedish.

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

korsträ (korstræ): kors (af trä). binda hanom händar ok fötar viþ cors trä (cruci) Bu 140.

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

Part of speech: nn

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