Fortälling

Old Swedish Dictionary - fortälling

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fortälling" (or fortælling) in Swedish.

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

fortälling (fortælling)
redogörelse? niels eodem iiii march for fortllingh till byfoghothen iii for en sath retth JTb 85 (1505).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

JTb
Jönköpings stads Tänkebok från 1456--1548. Utg. af C. M. Kjellberg. 1910--19. Bilaga till Meddelanden från Norra Smålands Fornminnesförening h. 2--5.
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