Gild(e)broder

Old Danish Dictionary - gild(e)broder

Meaning of Old Danish word "Gild(e)broder", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Gild(e)broder can mean:

  • no. en mandlig deltager i el. et mandligt medlem af et gilde;uo som banner sin gillebroder eller uillesyster (1441). D. Mav. 5. B. I. 104; schulle uii uære uore gildbrøthre ve gildsustere behulpelige (1476). Fyn- ske Aktatk. 37; conuiua, gilbroder vel gilsøster. Vocab. 1514; Bondz, Rønninge og Rolfsted. 106: var nogenn vildbroder eller vildsøster dør (1598). Hist. Tdskr. I. 457.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛁᛚᚦ(ᚽ)ᛒᚱᚮᚦᚽᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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