handfestr
nafnorðkvenkynhand-festr
striking a bargain, the joining hands; þá ferr handfestr um allt skipit þeirra í millum at þessu heiti, i. 421; áttu þeir at handfesti ok vápna-tak at þessu heiti, viii. 55; tóku þeir heit sitt með h., v. 138; sira Oddr tók þá ok þetta skilorð með h., i. 746; við vitni ok h., i. 366: it answers to the signing one’s name in law. ☞ In the early and laws the stipulation to be given by the king at his coronation was called haand-fæstning. In Scotland marriage used often to be preceded by a preliminary union called hand-fasting, see Jamieson
II. a rope by which to haul oneself up, 1.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- mod.modern.
- Dan.Danish.
- Swed.Swedish.
- s. v.sub voce.
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Jm.Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)