foͤrſtå
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- 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.