Foretage

Old Danish Dictionary - foretage

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

The Old Danish word Foretage can mean:

  • go.
  • 1) tage for sig; tage under behandling; hand skal være forplict en visz time paa dagenat foretage alle iringe oc tuiste, somkiøbmænd imellom kommer (1649). Rosenv., Gl. L. IV. 415. —
  • 2) foresætte sig, beslutte; stæderne faaretog at sencke dybet, det anslag vilde icke heller gaa for sig. Hvitf. IV. 439; Nicanor haflde foretaget, at hand vilde fylde kongen den skat, som de Romere skulde hafue. Makk. 8.10 (1607, 1647). Smlgn. Sch. u. L.: vérnemen.

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

Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.

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