Forsökilse

Old Swedish Dictionary - forsökilse

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forsökilse" (or forsøkilse) in Swedish.

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

forsökilse (forsøkilse)
1) prövning, prov. skodha ok the enkannelika stridhena som job ok abraham lidhw, aff hwilkom annar thera warth wtrönir aff gudz enkannelikom forökolsm (divina probatione) SpV 574. 2) bevis, vittnesbörd, aff thässom dödhenom stort ok lmykit ok aff liffsins atskilnadh maa j the hälga scirfft, sammansankas til withnisbyrdh ok forsökilse (colligi possunt ex scripturis divinis probamenta) SpV 569.

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

Part of speech: nn

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᛋᚯᚴᛁᛚᛋᚽ
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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