Handsals-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - handsals-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "handsals-maðr" in English.

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.)
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