Forthäkt

Old Swedish Dictionary - forthäkt

Meaning of Old Swedish word "forthäkt" (or forthækt) in Swedish.

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

forthäkt (forthækt)
falskhet, bedrägeri. " thet wii strax fritt oc vmbewaret magä fa optenempdh cronnenis fester oc land igen vtan alt fortecht" Rydberg Tr 3: 558 (1510).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Rydberg Tr
Sveriges traktater med främmande magter jemte andra dit hörande handlingar. Utgifna af O.S. Rydberg. Del. 2, 3. 1880--95.
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