viktualiebroder
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of viktualie (“victual”) + broder (“brother”). From the fact that they initially transported victuals, food, to King Albert's besieged troops in Stockholm. First attested in 1776.[1]
Noun
[edit]viktualiebroder c
- (historical, chiefly in the plural) A member of the Victual Brothers; privateer in the North and Baltic Sea during the late medieval period.
- Synonyms: fetaliebroder, vitalian