Grotförste

Old Swedish Dictionary - grotförste

Meaning of Old Swedish word "grotförste" (or grotførste) in Swedish.

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

grotförste (grotførste)
storfurste. " grotffursten aff rytzeland" FM 133 (1502, samt. afskr.). med grotförstens sendebudh aff rydzlandh HSH 19: 89 (1505). " then grotforst aff lettogen" FH 1: 68 (1490-talet).

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

Part of speech: nn

Alternative forms or notes:
  • grotffurste.
  • grotforst )

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

Works and authors cited:

FH
Handlingar till upplysning af Finlands Häfder. Utg. af A. I. Arwidsson. Del 1--9. 1846--57.
FM
Nya källor till Finlands Medeltidshistoria. Utg. af E. Grönblad. 1857.
HSH
Handlingar rörande Skandinaviens historia. 1816 ff.
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