Hand-sax

Old Norse Dictionary - hand-sax

Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-sax" in English.

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

hand-sax
n. a short sword, dirk, Fms. ii. 169, 268, 274, viii. 224. handsaxa-leikr, m. playing with dirks, by throwing them in the air and catching them by the hilt, Fb. i. 463.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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