Hand-taka
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-taka
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-taka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-taka
- tók, to seize, capture, Nj. 136, Sæm. 33, Fb. i. 395, Fs. 102, Fbr. 54 new Ed. 2. hand-tekinn, part. stipulated, Fs. 15.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᛏᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)