Foreämna

Old Swedish Dictionary - foreämna

Meaning of Old Swedish word "foreämna" (or foreæmna) in Swedish.

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

foreämna (foreæmna): li förväg föreställa sig (ngt). hwar en mästare thär nakra kostelika gärning fore tänker oc mz store idhkan forehugxa rc i hiärtans lustelikhet fore ämpnar (præimaginatur) sina tilkommande gärningh Mecht 134.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚽᛅᛘᚿᛆ
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.