Toft(ejord

Old Danish Dictionary - toft(ejord

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

The Old Danish word Toft(ejord can mean:

  • no. — toft(e); Dict (= pomærium); byens største herlighed er met engjord och tofftejord (1688). DS2 IV. 82; (1681). HT IV. 528 (ovf. III. 746b9). Her: dyrket jord. — Toftepenning(e), no. = toft(e)gæld; then tofft skal ce were frels for tofite penning, SSR 245; 6 & tofftependinge. NAM VI. 229. Jf pen(nin)g(e).

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).

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