fornborg

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of forn +‎ borg.

Noun

fornborg c

1. (archaeology) ruin of a Scandinavian fortification from Migration Period, similar to Norwegian bygdeborg

Declension

Declension of fornborg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fornborg	fornborgs
	definite	fornborgen	fornborgens
plural	indefinite	fornborgar	fornborgars
	definite	fornborgarna	fornborgarnas

Further reading

• “fornborg”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)