Bort hänta

Old Swedish Dictionary - bort hänta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bort hänta" (or bort hænta) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

bort hänta (bort hænta)
samla och bortföra. the skulu bort hänta aff (volligen de) hans rike al skadelikin ting MP 1: 76.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so bort hänta may have also been written as bort hænta

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛒᚮᚱᛏ:ᚼᛅᚿᛏᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Sweden from 12th to 17th centuries.

Works and authors cited:

MP
Svenska Medeltids-postillor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Fortsatta af R. Geete. Del. 3, 4, 5. 1893--1910. SFSS.
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