Grandefogeå

Old Danish Dictionary - grandefogeå

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

The Old Danish word Grandefogeå can mean:

  • no. foged i en landsby, oldermand: oldermand eller grande fosed. (1658). Asferg vedtæut (Thottske Saml. nr. 2016. 4%); skal der hvert aar være en grande-foged, oc han tages ret om byen w(1651). Hist. Tdskr. IV. 536: skal grandefogeden tage een mand til sig,hvilke skulle have indsende, at der ikke hugges anderledes. sst. IV. 529; til disse forskrefne pungter at holde"skal udvælges en mand at vere grand- ; føget. (1700). Olavius, Sehagen 160.

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

Abbreviations used:

et.
enkelttal (singularis).
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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