handsal
nafnorðhvorugkynhand-sal
[ hansel; handsel], a law term, usually in handsöl, ‘hand-selling’ or hanselling, the transference of a right, bargain, duty to another by joining hands;—hand-shaking was with the men of old the sign of a transaction, and is still used among farmers and the like, so that to shake hands is the same as to conclude a bargain, mandare = manu-dare, mancipium from manu capere; jafnt þykkja mér þín heit sem handsöl annarra manna, thy word is as good as the h. of other men, 65: a trust, charge, i. 190; þetta handsal líkaði ílla Þorbrands sonum, 156; er hjá vóru gjöfinni ok handsalinu, 293; biskups handsöl, 66; taka við handsölum á e-u, to undertake the trust, charge of a thing, 257; ek vil gjarna at þú takir handsölum á öllu fénu, 50; taka við fé með handsölum, 125; eiga handsöl við e-n, to make a bargain with one, 21, 243, i. 109; gefa e-m handsöl yfir e-u, ii. 64; bjóða h. fyrir e-n, to offer bail for one, 87; ganga til handsala fyrir e-n, 128, 148, and Sagas passim.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- Scot.Scottish.
- Dan.Danish.
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- i. e.id est.
- cp.compare.
- Lat.Latin.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Lv.Ljósvetninga saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
- Anal.Analecta. (D. II.)
- Vm.Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
- Rd.Reykdæla saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)