Märkar

Old Swedish Dictionary - märkar

Meaning of Old Swedish word "märkar" (or mærkar) in Swedish.

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

märkar (mærkar)
= iunkhärra? Jfr Di 425. kalledhe hon til sik syn fosther sön merkar tetmarsson (för tetmar tetmarsson?) Di 208. " han förde märkar tetmars baner (merki þetters)" ib 209. " mz märkar thetmarssons (för thetmars thetmarssons?) baner" ib 215. märkar thetmar aff Bern (iunchærra þether af Bern) ib 222. mina söner hadhe godh vapen ok märcar tetmar ib 223.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Ber
Helige Bernhards Skrifter. Utg. af H. Wieselgren. 1866.
Di
Sagan om Didrik af Bern. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1850--54.
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