Vagtmester

Old Danish Dictionary - vagtmester

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

The Old Danish word Vagtmester can mean:

  • no. (sv vaktmåstare, t wacht- meister) befalingsmand på en vagt; paa huilche tider vagtmesteren skill lade hafue tillsiun paa wolden (1606). KD IL. 541; wachtemesteren skall gaaom natten med scharwacten (1627), KD 1. 639; præfectus vigilum, vaci- mester. Etym 880; Steph I. 265b; hand (0: djævelen) som er principal, høffding oc vactmester. HelvM II 17.—

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).

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