Nauða-handsal
Old Norse Dictionary - nauða-handsal
Meaning of Old Norse word "nauða-handsal"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nauða-handsal
- n. an enforced hansel, not valid in law, Grág. i. 493.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛅᚢᚦᛅ-ᚼᛅᚾᛏᛋᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)