Fyrbøsse

Old Danish Dictionary - fyrbøsse

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

The Old Danish word Fyrbøsse can mean:

  • vo. bøsse, gevær; her Matts hagde medtt en fyrbøsse skutt en sion sogenn mandi igemmom Nifluedtt (1568). Fynske Saml. 1. 117; 1 flintbøsse, 1 fyrbøsse (1681). Matzen, Pante- yet. 830 not. 1; muskeet, fyr- bøsse.” Comenius, Orbis pict. 494. Smign. Sch. u L.: vorbusse; Grimm, Wb.: feuørblichse. Efter V.S. 0. er fyrbøsse en bøsse med bjullås.

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

Abbreviations used:

et.
enkelttal (singularis).
n.
norsk.
t.
tysk.

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