Fordärva

Old Swedish Dictionary - fordärva

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fordärva" (or fordærva) in Swedish.

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

fordärva (fordærva): fördärva. "tha hiog trugels smid till honom meth eth swärd, ok hade ecke hielp warit, tha hogget honom all fordörffwat" STb 2: 71 (1484).

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

Part of speech: vb

Additional information: v. L.

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

forederfwa SkrtUppb 221. fordörwa STb 1: 218 (1479). fordörffua: -ades ib 134 (1477). fordörffwa; -ade ib 83 (1476) , 2: 11 (1483), -at ib 71 (1484).
ffordörffwa: -ade ib 107 (1485) ),
*fordärva sik , fördärva sig, förstöra sig. ty bleff han dödh therfore, ath han sielff foräkade sin siwkdom lok fordörffwade sik STb 2: 11 (1483).

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