Fortjeneste

Old Danish Dictionary - fortjeneste

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

The Old Danish word Fortjeneste can mean:

  • no. hunk.; der met foracte de Thesu Christi dødis fortieniste oc ville gøre hende til inted. Chr. Pedersen. IV. 851.16. Smlgn.tjeneste. Fortoft(e), no. plads uden for et hus? fortofit, locus: submoenianus, Colding, Dict. Herlov.; ligesaa skal han straffes, som graver paa nogen fortoft her paa marken Jeer- graver eller andre dybe huller (1681). Hist. Tdskr. IV. 529; Dipl. Vi- berg. 198; Moth: fortofte. Ordet er mulig kun et slags forklarende om- dannelse af fortå (se ndf.), jvfr. MoIb, Dial]. 132.

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

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
hunk.
hunkøn (femininum).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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