Qvärnos

Old Swedish Dictionary - qvärnos

Meaning of Old Swedish word "qvärnos" (or qværnos) in Swedish.

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

qvärnos (qværnos)
åmynning hvarest qvarn är anlagd. i ortnamn. qwärnosabodha VAH 24: 326 (1377).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

VAH
Vitterhets Historie och Antiqvitets Akademiens Handlingar.
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