Hönd

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

hönd Old Icelandic word can mean:

hönd

(gen. handar, dat. hendi; pl. hendr), f.

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1) hand;

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taka hendi á e-u, to touch with the hand;

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hafa e-t í hendi, to hold in the hand;

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drepa hendi við e-u, to refuse;

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halda hendi yfir e-m, to protect one;

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taka e-n ~um, to seize, capture;

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bera ~ fyrir höfuð sér, to defend oneself;

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eiga hendr sínar at verja, to act in self defence;

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láta e-t hendi firr, to let go out of one’s hands, to lose;

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taka í ~ e-m, to join hands with one;

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eiga e-t jöfnum ~um, to own in equal shares;

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sverja sér af hendi, to forswear;

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af hendi e-s, on one’s behalf, on the part of (af hendi landsmanna);

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at hendi, as adv. in turn;

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hverr at hendi, each in turn;

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felast á hendi e-m, to be under one’s protection;

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hvat er þér á ~um, what hast thou in hand?;

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ef honum væri ekki á ~um, if he had nothing in hand, if his hands were free;

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eiga e-t fyrir hendi (~um), to have in hand (duty, business, engagement);

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vera í hendi, to be at hand, at one’s disposal;

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hafa vel (illa) í ~um, to behave well (badly);

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hafa e-t með ~um, to have in hand, manage, discharge;

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hljóta e-t undan hendi e-s, from one, at one’s hand;

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á ~, á hendr, against (lýsa vígi á ~ e-m);

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snúa vanda á hendr e-m, to throw the responsibility on one;

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fœrast e-t á hendr, to undertake;

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ganga (drífa) á ~ e-m, to submit to one;

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bjargast á sínar hendr, by one’s own handiwork;

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selja, gefa, fá e-t í ~ (hendr) e-m, to give into one’s hands, hand over;

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búa e-t í hendr e-m, to make it ready for one;

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kalla til e-s í hendr e-m, to lay claim to a thing at the hands of another;

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þá sömu nótt, er fór í ~, the following night;

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veðr óx í ~, the wind rose higher and higher;

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vera hœgt um ~, to be easy in hand;

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til handa e-m, into one’s hands;

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ganga til handa e-m, to put oneself in another’s hands, submit to him;

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ef þat berr þér til handa, if it befalls thee;

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þá skömrn kýs ek mér eigi til handa, I will not have that shame at my door;

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biðja konu til handa e-m, on one’s behalf, for him;

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2) the arm and hand, the arm (~in gekk af axlarliðnum; hann hefir á hœgri hendi hring fyrir ofan ölnboga);

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var eigi djúpara en þeim tók undir hendr, the water just reached to their armpits;

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3) hand, side;

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á hœgri (vinstri) ~, on the right (left) hand, side;

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á hvára ~, on either hand;

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minnar (yðvarrar) handar, for my (your) part;

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4) kind, sort;

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allra handa árgœzka, great abundance of all things.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚾᛏ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary