Styrlejsmand

Old Danish Dictionary - styrlejsmand

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

The Old Danish word Styrlejsmand can mean:

  • no. (isl styrimadr) øverstbe- falende på et skib; hafnomen sculo bæræ styresman til schips ok fra, ok styrisman se lething fore i seyxtan vkor. Anch1l. 567; styræmæn. sst. ; nauclerus, styrsmand. TV 90; styrismand vdi skibs lading(o: skibsleding, jf ovf. III. 781 249, 10 decurio, nauticus. Dict. Jf Lund.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

Back