For(e)stande

Old Danish Dictionary - for(e)stande

Meaning of Old Danish word "For(e)stande", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word For(e)stande can mean:

  • go.
  • 1) forestå, stå i spidsen for; then, som thet for-empde altare forstander (1407). Molb.0. Peters. 383; schulle the bliffueborghemestere, so lenghe the leeffue, udhen them krankdom eller anneth merckelicht forfald thet bethoge, at the thet ey forstande kunne (1454).1. Rosenv., G1. L. V. 211; IV. 16; om nogen kan icke faarestonde siter æget hwss, 1, Tim. 3.5 (Chr. Pe- dersen; 1550: faarestaa); rego, staar nogen ting for. Colding, Etymol. 1052; hand for alderdom oc skrøbe-lighed icke kunde. staa erckebiscop- dommet fore. Lyschand. 657, fore- standet. sst. 10. —
  • 2) sørge for; the wilde flij theres thing suo, ath om noger aff them døthæ, at han sculdæ wæl worthæ forstanden. n. D. Mag. VI. 53. — 8) forestå, være tilkommende; som nu for sin miss- handling er siddendis ther paa wort slott Kiepnehaftn till thend forstand- endis almindelig herredag (1584). n. D. Mag. I. 108.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚮᚱ(ᚽ)ᛋᛏᛆᚿᚦᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
et.
enkelttal (singularis).
t.
tysk.
g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.

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