afhendr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz, whence also modern English offhand. Equivalent to adjectival af- + hǫnd.

Adjective

afhendr

  1. out of one's hand

Declension

References

  • afhendr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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