Märkestang

Old Swedish Dictionary - märkestang

Meaning of Old Swedish word "märkestang" (or mærkestang) in Swedish.

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

märkestang (mærkestang): banerstång. grep stassen(s) biscopir kiurtellen ok fäste a märke stang Bu 16.

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

Part of speech: nn

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