For-standa
Old Norse Dictionary - for-standa
Meaning of Old Norse word "for-standa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- for-standa
- stóð, (for-stá is freq. in poetry of the 16th century), [for. word: Germ. verstehen]:—to understand, Bs. i. 802.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱ-ᛋᛏᛅᚾᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- for.
- foreign.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)