Mättare

Old Swedish Dictionary - mättare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "mättare" (or mættare) in Swedish.

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

mättare (mættare)
mättare, den som mättar. a altarens bordhe är gudh badhe mather oc mättare LfK 90.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

LfK
Skrifter till Läsning för Klosterfolk. Utg. af F. A. Dahlgren. 1875.
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