Hand-festa
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-festa
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-festa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hand-festa can mean:hand-festa
- hand-festa
- 1. t, a law term, to strike a bargain by shaking hands, to pledge; h. heit sitt, Fms. vi. 145; Ásgrímr handfesti at greiða þriggja vetra skatta, Bs. i. 740; handfestir eiðar, Dipl. ii. 19; biskup handfesti (betrothed) jungfrú Ingilborg, Fms. x. 103, H. E. i. 248; handfest mér upp á trú þína, at …, Stj. 629. 2 Kings x. 15.
- hand-festa
- 2. u, f. (hand-festning, f., H. E. i. 251), = handfestr, Dipl. iv. ii, Fb. i. 366, Bs. ii. 61.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᚠᛁᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- pl.
- plural.
- f.
- feminine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)