Fortälia

Old Swedish Dictionary - fortälia

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fortälia" (or fortælia) in Swedish.

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

fortälia (fortælia): förtälja, berätta. " fortelye for ider h[erredöme]. .. then owilye" BSH 5: 397 (1510). " som mong ärinde och saker thöm fortälgher" ib 402 (1510). " thenne sak annerlwnde förtälie" ib 463 (1511).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Alternative forms or notes:

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

BSH: Bidrag till Skandinaviens historia ur utländska arkiver samlade och utgifna af C. G. Styffe. Del. 1--5. 1859--84.