Bortköra

Old Swedish Dictionary - bortköra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "bortköra" (or bortkøra) in Swedish.

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

bortköra (bortkøra): bortköra; bildl. fördirva, förjaga. " bortköra alla fafängelikhet aff thino hiärta" Mecht 212. swasom saphirus mz sinne dygdh bort körir (depellit) onda wätzskona aff kroppenom lib 182

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

Mecht: Hel. Mechtils uppenbarelser (Liber spiritualis gratiæ) öfversatta från latinet år 1469 af Jöns Budde. Utg. af R. Geete. 1899. SFSS.