Forgä

Old Swedish Dictionary - forgä

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forgä" (or forgæ) in Swedish.

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

forgä (forgæ): skwl. och allä köpmän som til for:nä vorth mynth forgä (för fara?) velä md gwldh sölff äller borboön. .. ware leydogä och feligä HSH 19: 15 (1497).

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

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