Kærte
Old Danish Dictionary - kærteMeaning of Old Danish word "Kærte", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.
The Old Danish word Kærte can mean:
- uo.,1) = kers; huo syst gaar i gilleth. han skal thende uor kerthe (1492). Fynske Aktstk. I. 41. Smlgn. isl. kerti. — 2) lysestage: thet (2: lyset) skal settes paa kierthen. Mark. 4: (1524; Chr. Pedersen: liuse stagen); candelabrum, liusestage, kierte. Colding, Etymol. 154. Efter sMvth særlig en hængende lysestage, lysesrm; sst. også formen: kjart. Smlgn. Outzen, Gloss: kirte: Molb. Diall.: kierte samt konge- kært(e) ovt. (u. koning) og ljuse-, vox- kærte ndf.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᛅᚱᛏᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.
Abbreviations used:
- isl.
- islandsk.
- n.
- norsk.
- t.
- tysk.