For(eygive

Old Danish Dictionary - for(eygive

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

The Old Danish word For(eygive can mean:

  • go.
  • 1) fremstille, forelægge; will ieg nw om Gudtz ordt haffue. cet føghe fortall oc paa thet foregiffue een christelig wnder- skede. P. Eliesen. 181, 284, 481; haffue wii først foregifluet oc beklaget, at then contract icke er hollden (1588). Rosenv., GL. L. IV. 146; fem oc tive artickle, som skulle foregiffvis alle ; de fremmede. Fr. II.

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

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
n.
norsk.

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