Fortröst

Old Swedish Dictionary - fortröst

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fortröst" (or fortrøst) in Swedish.

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

fortröst (fortrøst)
tilltro el. tillit till egen förmåga, självtillit, självsäkerhet. vphof at allo ondo är manzsins dirwe oc fortröst Hel män 106.

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

Part of speech: nn

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

Works and authors cited:

Hel män
Helige mäns lefverne jämte legender och järtecken. Utg. af R. Geete. 1902. SFSS.
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