Handafesti

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

handafesti

f. a hold for the hands.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏᛅᚠᛁᛋᛏᛁ

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• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary