Hadda

Old Norse Dictionary - hadda

Meaning of Old Norse word "hadda" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hadda: u, f. (halda, Rd. 315, l. 14), [Ivar Aasen hodda, hadde, holle]:—a pot-hook or rather pot-links, for the hadda was a chain of rings rather than a mere handle, as is seen from Hým. 34—en á hælum hringar skullu—compared with, heyrði til höddu þá er Þórr bar hverinn, Skálda 168; hann kastaði katlinum svá at haddan skall við (rattled), Fms. vi. 364; hann dró á hönd sér höddu er ifir var bollanum, Ó. H. 135; ketill var upp yfir rekkjuna ok reist upp haddan yfir katlinum, ok vóru þar á festir hringar, … þá féll haldan á katlinum því at hann hafði komit við festina, Rd. 314, 315; hann krækti undir hödduna hinum minsta fingri ok fleytti honum (the kettle) jafnhátt ökla, Fb. i. 524; at konungr mundi gína yfir ketil-hödduna, … ok var haddan orðin feit, … konungr brá líndúk um hödduna ok gein yfir, Fms. i. 36.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Rd.: Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

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