Forsäkra

Old Swedish Dictionary - forsäkra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forsäkra" (or forsækra) in Swedish.

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

forsäkra (forsækra)
trygga, förvissa. " sidhen hanss nade saa foresecräth wore om en aff the iij articlä" FM 458 (1510, samt. afskr.). - trygga, gifva lejd åt? hadhe thet budh nöglige bliffuit ther i gönwm forsäkrat BSH 5: 521 (1512).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

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Works and authors cited:

BS
Bagarnes Skrå. I Småstycken på Forn Svenska.
BSH
Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.
FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
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