Fortöghra

Old Swedish Dictionary - fortöghra

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fortöghra" (or fortøghra) in Swedish.

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

fortöghra (fortøghra)
förhålla, undanhålla. " att sökia sijnn systers arf, fom honom medh rette tilkommer. .. det honom fortogradtt är" FMU 5: 484 (1495).

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

Part of speech: vb

Grammatical aspect: v.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱᛏᚯᚵᚼᚱᛆ
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.
FMU
Finlands medeltidsurkunder. Utg. af Finlands Statsarkiv genom R. Hausen. 1--5. 1910--28.
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