Handsals-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - handsals-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "handsals-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- handsals-maðr
- or handsala-maðr, m. a bail, surety, Grág. i. 295, 363, 655 iii. 1, Sturl. iii. 43.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏᛋᛅᛚᛋ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)