Forgätilse

Old Swedish Dictionary - forgätilse

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forgätilse" (or forgætilse) in Swedish.

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

forgätilse (forgætilse)
el. f. glömska, förgätande. högfärdhin är. .. mästirskapsins glömska ällir forgätisle (neglectio magerii) SpV 158.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

SpV
Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.
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