Höndla

Old Norwegian Dictionary - höndla

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "höndla" (or hǫndla) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

höndla (hǫndla): höndla, v. (að) 1) berøre, tage paa ellerom noget med sine Hænder, = handla 1;féll hón öll til jarðar ok höndlaði fœtrhans (Vulg. apprehendit pedes eius)Stj. 61424 (2 Kong. 4, 27). 2) gribe,fastholde en og saaledes berøve ham hansFrihed, = handtaka 1, höndla 4; hönd-luðu Jesum ok bundu Post. 16127 (jvf1321); er þeir hafa féit allt en höndlatþá Jómsvíkinga Fm. XI, 14710 jvf14617. 24. 1474 (Jómsv.* 12314 jvf 12224. 30.1238); hugsar at höndla sér hrossnökkurt til reiðar Hrafnk. 71; jvfLaxd. 37 (972). 3) behandle, = handla2; hans húsfrúr handlaðu hann optílla (lat. sæpe male tractabant eumHist. schol. 3313) Stj. 4714; svá semhan höndlar (Texten handlar) þat (nl.járnit) úvarliga Stj. 2228 &vl 4) for-pleie, beværte; var þetta hoffolk alltsaman heiðarliga höndlat ok sœmiligasett, ok var nú þetta hit bezta brúð-kaup Klm. 5133; búin at ganga mótikomandi mönnum ok höndla þá bæðimeð vænum kosti ok lítillátri þjónostuÆf. 85 B61. 6) komme over en, veder-fares en, = handla 5; höndlaði hannsvá údœmiligr ótti -, at - Bp. II,921; brá honum svá við sögn þessa,sem hann væri höndlaðr undarligumharmi Bp. II, 401.

Part of speech: v

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, höndla may be more accurately written as hǫndla.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚯᚿᚦᛚᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

v.: Verbum.

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