Stöveke

Old Swedish Dictionary - stöveke

Meaning of Old Swedish word "stöveke" (or støveke) in Swedish.

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

stöveke (støveke)
ett slags mått för våta varor. vti ena kanno vm twa stöfueke mz gamalt öl heller viin LB 2: 71.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

LB
Läke- och Örte-Böcker. Utg. af G. E. Klemming 1--10. 1883--86.
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