Tornmästare

Old Swedish Dictionary - tornmästare

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tornmästare" (or tornmæstare) in Swedish.

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

tornmästare (tornmæstare)
ss tillnamn. " mattis tornmester" SSkb 293 (1508-09). Stock Skb 145 (1519-20).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • -mestare.
  • -mester )

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛏᚮᚱᚿᛘᛅᛋᛏᛆᚱᚽ
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
Stock Skb
Stockholms stads skottebok 1516--1525 samt strödda räkenskaper. Utg. genom J. A. Almquist. 1935.
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