Hand-lag
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-lag
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-lag"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-lag
- or hand-lög, n. [cp. mid. Lat. andilago, andilangus, per festucam et per andilangum tradere, Du Cange]:—joining hands, a pledging, = handfestr, Eb. 128, Sturl. iii. 233, D. n. i. 134: in sing., Dipl. i. 11.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛚᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)