Valfar

Old Swedish Dictionary - valfar

Meaning of Old Swedish word "valfar" in Swedish.

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

valfar
får som erlades för rättigheten att hålla får på bete å främmande betesmark? bondones. .. conquerentes quod oues dicte waldfaar ab ispis sicut ab illis qui non pascua dicta hiordwaldæ prout habet curia regia staang, possident, per preuriores ipsius curie exigun[ur] SD 4: 78 (1328, gammal afskr.).

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • waldfaar )

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

Works and authors cited:

SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
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