Bortslå

Old Danish Dictionary - bortslå

Meaning of Old Danish word "Bortslå", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Bortslå can mean:

  • go.
  • 1) (sv. bortslå) slå hen, lade fare; skulde wi icke aleniste icke bekumre oss, men ocsaa bortsla den diefluels gerighed. Tidemand, Post. Il 87"; the icke skall baffue fuldkommidt wor befallingh, men thend udi werritt bortslagett (1591). Rosenv., G1. D. IV. 810. —
  • 2) bortsende, Jade. gå; der folcket vaar bortslaget. Vedel, Saxo. 482. (= dimissis amicis. ed. P. E. Miller. 819).

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

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
sv.
svensk.
t.
tysk.
et.
enkelttal (singularis).

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