Qvärnhus

Old Swedish Dictionary - qvärnhus

Meaning of Old Swedish word "qvärnhus" (or qværnhus) in Swedish.

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

qvärnhus (qværnhus): kvarnhus. " quärnhwset eller tolhwseth" VKJ 240. Jfr qvärna hus.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

VKJ: Vadstena klosters Jordebok 1500 jemte tillägg ur klostrets äldre jordeböcker. Utg. genom C. Silfverstolpe. 1898. [Beträffande dateringen jfr E. Noreen, Historisk Tidskrift 39, s. 187 f.]