Mädhborghare

Old Swedish Dictionary - mädhborghare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "mädhborghare" (or mædhborghare) in Swedish.

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

mädhborghare (mædhborghare)
medborgare, borgare i samma stad (som en annan). wore kiere methborghere som ärä the godhe men j bagare embithedh BS 34. han haffde i helslagit theres medhborgare niels persson BSH 4: 100 (1483). " togh josep persson. .. aff mich och aff iiij andre mine metborgare v tunnor lax" FM 602 (1512-13; skrifvelse från borgmästaren i Raumo). BSH 5: 79 (1506). HSH 20: 90 (1507).

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

Alternative forms or notes:
  • medhborgare.
  • medhborgere BSH 5: 79 (1506)

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

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Works and authors cited:

BS
Bagarnes Skrå. I Småstycken på Forn Svenska.
BSH
Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.
FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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