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forsta

forsta

See also: första, forstå, and förstå

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Verb

forsta ‎(third-person singular simple present forstas, present participle forstaing, simple past and past participle forstaed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To comprehend; understand.
    • 1714, Joseph Ritson, Scotish song:
      A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...]

Etymology

Probably from Dutch verstaan ‎(“to understand”); or from Norwegian forstå ‎(“to understand”), itself from Middle Low German vorstân ‎(“to understand”), from Old Saxon farstandan ‎(“to understand”), equivalent to for- +‎ stand. More at forstand.

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