Hand-leggja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hand-leggja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hand-leggja

lagði, = handfesta; h. e-m e-t, to pledge, confirm by handlög, Dipl. ii. 5; h. e-m land, til eignar, to sell an estate by handlög, Dipl. ii. 8, Thom. 298; handlagði Sophia kirkjunni til eignar þrjá tigi hundraða, Pm. 9: to seize, Post. (Fr.)

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛚᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Fr: French in etymologies.
Fr.: French in etymologies.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
pl.: plural.

Works & Authors

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Pm.: Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

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