Sekðar-handsal

Old Norse Dictionary - sekðar-handsal

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

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

sekðar-handsal
n. a ‘hansel’ or first trial of sekt, Grág. i. 118, 488.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᚦᛅᚱ-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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