Nauða-handsal

Old Norse Dictionary - nauða-handsal

Meaning of Old Norse word "nauða-handsal" in English.

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.)
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