Qvärnsten

Old Swedish Dictionary - qvärnsten

Meaning of Old Swedish word "qvärnsten" (or qværnsten) in Swedish.

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

qvärnsten (qværnsten): kvarnsten. skal clostridh haffwa hwan tridia qwärnsten, som landbone bryta VKJ 110 (1447). GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 150.

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:

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

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.

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.]