Fortörning

Old Swedish Dictionary - fortörning

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fortörning" (or fortørning) in Swedish.

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

fortörning (fortørning): förfång, skada, fördärv. " wij. .. haffwom. .. haffdt här swar fortörning oc fangit häär storan. .. skadha" Troj 20. " laath skippen tiil redas som skullo tiill greciam grechomen tiill fortörning" ib 51.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Troj: Historia Trojana. Från latinet öfversatt till svenska år 1529. Utg. af R. Geete. 1892. SFSS.