Pro(v)(e)st

Old Danish Dictionary - pro(v)(e)st

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

The Old Danish word Pro(v)(e)st can mean:

  • no. (is! profastr, sv ; Iprost, mnt pro(vejst, 1 præ-(pro-)po-situs)
  • 1) formand, øverste; skæmk- erens prowest. 1 Msb 40» (ÆB; 1550: den »ffgerste skenck; Vulg: præpositus pincervarom); Israels sønners prowste. 5'Msb Di (ÆB; 1550: tilsyns mend; Vulg: præpositi). — ?) overordnet geistlig, provst; prouestes oc capi- tels weyne (1408). DoB 367; abbetheprier, prouesther (1523). NAM V. 15; (1543). Rsv II. 138 (ovf. IL 449a»); Z(1491). DM: II. 19. (ovt. IL. 509 bø); dette herreds. probist (1654). KUS IL 159; — prelater, probster (1582). KhS» Fi. 173: — som bisperen haffåbe prosther ops (1544). DVb-237; prosster, præster, Rch 26; eftter prædichen sagde proesten. til hannem (1693). KhS VIL. 670. Om embedet jf KhS4 V. 145. Jf herre-, se kirkereguskabs-, regnskabsp.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
n.
norsk.
sp.
spørgende (interrogativum).
t.
tysk.

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