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Danish
Etymology
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
Verb
forjætte (past tense forjættede, past participle forjættet)
- (archaic) to promise
- especially in the Biblical expression det forjættede land (“the promised land”)
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