Fortöfring

Old Swedish Dictionary - fortöfring

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fortöfring" (or fortøfring) in Swedish.

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

fortöfring (fortøfring)
dröjsmål, uppskof. " vthan alla forthöffringh" SD NS 1: 536 (1406). FM 525 (1511, samt. afskr.), 565 (1512).

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
SD
Svenskt Diplomatarium. Bd 6 s. 265--584. 1916--21. Bd 8 s. 1--272. 1953.
SD NS
(Svenskt Diplomatarium. Ny Serie.) Svenskt Diplomatarium från och med år 1401. Bd 3. Utg. genom C. Silfverstolpe. 1885--1902. -- Bd 4 s. 1--240. Utg. genom K. H. Karlsson. 1903--1904.
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