borghamæstare (OSw) noun

An official; a townsman elected chairman of the raþ (q.v.), possibly for life, and who, as such, had greater power than its other members. Usually two out of four or six borghamæstare served simultaneously.


mayor OSw BjR
OSw MEL Kgb
OSw MESt Kgb Gb Äb Jb Bb Kmb Rb Eb SmbI Add
Refs:

Gustafsson 2006, 59–62, 69–71; KLNM s.v. borgmästare

Citation
  • ‘borghamæstare’. A Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law.

  • http://www.dhi.ac.uk/lmnl/nordicheadword/displayPage/6543
    (07/27/2024)