Skarnhögher

Old Swedish Dictionary - skarnhögher

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skarnhögher" (or skarnhøgher) in Swedish.

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

skarnhögher (skarnhøgher)
skrothög? stadzsins smedh fornögdes ij mark pa sin lön pa stranden smider skarnhögen SSkb 75 (1503).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SSkb
Stockholms Stads Skottebok 1501--1510. Utg. genom H. Hildebrand. 1889, 1915. SSKb 2:= Stock Skb
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