Etymology

Old Swedish fulbordha, from Middle Low German vulborden, based on the noun vulbort ‎(“full board, a ship built to completion”). The Old Swedish fulbordha was both a verb and adjective, still used as an adjective in the 1526 Bible translation (2 Timothy 3:17; James 1:17), but in the 1703 translation changed to fulbordad (past participle of the verb).