Skoghrövare

Old Swedish Dictionary - skoghrövare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "skoghrövare" (or skoghrøvare) in Swedish.

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

skoghrövare (skoghrøvare)
skogsröfvare, röfvare som har sitt tillhåll i skog. Di 86. ST (Cod. Asc.) 561.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Di
Sagan om Didrik af Bern. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1850--54.
ST
Själens Tröst. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. 1871--73.
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