Danish edit

Etymology edit

From for- and Old Danish iate, iætte (to promise), from Old Norse játta, from Proto-Germanic *ja(h?)atjaną (to assent), cognate with Norwegian jatte, Old English ġēatan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɔrjɛtə/, [fʌˈjɛd̥ə]

Verb edit

forjætte (past tense forjættede, past participle forjættet)

  1. (archaic) to promise
  2. especially in the Biblical expression det forjættede land (the promised land)

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