Fortvinge

Old Danish Dictionary - fortvinge

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

The Old Danish word Fortvinge can mean:

  • go. tvinge, under- tvinge; kom een alt swo mækthæst kuning af Thydesland oe wildæ for- thwingæ Iwthær, n. D. Mag. V. 163; om han ær fortvunget imod sit skiel fra then dommer, ther mynder ær, oc til then, ther meræ ær. sst. VI. 204; som tog sig denne sag aluorligen an ioke. allene” at tuinge rigens fender, men end ocsaa at vdfri oc ophielpe det fortuingde rige. Lysohand. 162; Jacobus efftersette alle fredseus had- ere, fortuingde oc foriagede voldsmend. sst. 341. Smlgn. tvinge.

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

Abbreviations used:

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

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