Forsmäkta

Old Swedish Dictionary - forsmäkta

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forsmäkta" (or forsmækta) in Swedish.

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

forsmäkta (forsmækta): - refl. forsmäktas, försmäkta, vara el. bliva kraftlös. wj skulom ey forhunghra ällir forsmäktas MP 5: 232.

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

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

MP: Svenska Medeltids-postillor. Utg. af G. E. Klemming. Fortsatta af R. Geete. Del. 3, 4, 5. 1893--1910. SFSS.