Forävintyra

Old Swedish Dictionary - forävintyra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forävintyra" (or forævintyra) in Swedish.

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

forävintyra (forævintyra): sätta på spel. hwar godh borgere forware sith hwss. vil lhan for ewntyre sine huSTrv, piga och drengh medh sith gotz, rade sielffuer STb 3: 327 (1497).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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