Handfad

Old Danish Dictionary - handfad

Meaning of Old Danish word "Handfad", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Handfad can mean:

  • no. vand- fand, vaskefad; Moab er mit løwe- kar, handtad och gryde. Ps. 108.10 (Chr. Pedersen); tag it handfød eller løukar. H. Smid, Læreb. i 39; (1578). Rosenv., Gl. D. IL 307; aqualis, høndted, løfikar. Col ding, Etymol, 72; pollubrum, hand $ bekken, taand-fad. Steph., Nomencl. I. 208; heng it stort messingbeckos ved en veg oc der offver it haandtied aff vand. n. M. Aalborg, Læge 127; D. Saml. Il 136. not. > Æi også u. handbækken. Smlyn. sv. hank fat.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᛆᚿᚦᚠᛆᚦ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
sv.
svensk.
t.
tysk.

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