forstaEtymologyProbably from Dutch verstaan (“to understand”); or from Norwegian forstå (“to understand”), itself from Middle Low German vorstân (“to understand”), from Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”), equivalent to for- + stand. More at forstand.forsta means To comprehend; understand. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.verbTo comprehend; understand.“A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...]”