Alteralværge

Old Danish Dictionary - alteralværge

Meaning of Old Danish word "Alteralværge", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Alteralværge can mean:

  • no. værge for et særligt alter og den derved holdte guds- tjeneste; nar noger aff thessæ steffner holdess skullæ, tha skullæ alter wærge ladæ thet liuses ....skullæ the huert zar vileggæ firæ huidæ penningæ till messens oc alterenss behou, them ant- uordæ skullendæ huem fort alteres vwergæ æræ (1496). Fynske Aktstk. 60; fore altheres werie, ssom fort althere wti were oc fforsuor haftde (1827). sst. 113.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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