Villebiörn

Old Swedish Dictionary - villebiörn

Meaning of Old Swedish word "villebiörn" (or villebiørn) in Swedish.

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

villebiörn (villebiørn)
björn (i vildt tillstånd). han tok een villebiörn ok bant han mz sina händer Iv LXXV.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Iv
Herr Ivan Lejonriddaren. Utg. af J. W. Liffman och G. Stephens. 1849.
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