Forevälia

Old Swedish Dictionary - forevälia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forevälia" (or forevælia) in Swedish.

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

forevälia (forevælia): föredraga. (då) sagde härran til hänna see mik allan mz allo thy godho j mik är giffwer iak thinne siäls waldh at hwat tik täkkis aff mik göra thz wari alt j thino walde, hwilkit hon ey wilde anama wtan forewalde hans wilia j allom ärandom (sed elegit suam in omnibus voluntatem) Mecht 187.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᚽᚠᛅᛚᛁᛆ
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.