Rikemärke

Old Swedish Dictionary - rikemärke

Meaning of Old Swedish word "rikemärke" (or rikemærke) in Swedish.

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

rikemärke (rikemærke): gränsmärke mellan riken. rike merke i mällan swärie och nörie HSH 29: 50 (1484).

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

Part of speech: nn

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