Märketrä

Old Swedish Dictionary - märketrä

Meaning of Old Swedish word "märketrä" (or mærketræ) in Swedish.

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

märketrä (mærketræ)
ett stycke trä hvarmed timmermän el. byggmästare taga mått? sanctus Gregorius takandis märke träit af gärningis mannomen wt märkte hwar läggias skulle Grundualin Gr 302.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Gr
Legenden om Gregorius af Armenien. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1860.
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