foͤrſtå

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Swedish

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foͤrſtå

  1. Archaic spelling of förstå ([to] understand).
    • 1709, Urban Hjärne, Urbani Hierne Defensionis Paracelsicæ Prodromus, page 5:
      Aſkeblåſare / ſom Paracelſum laͤſa och intet foͤrſtå / ey heller hint till ſitt foͤreſatte måhl / foͤrfoͤlja och foͤrtala honom alldramaͤſt.
      Chymist / who reads Paracelsus and understands nothing / nor hints at his intended goal / persecutes and slanders him altogether badly.