Fagherhänder

Old Swedish Dictionary - fagherhänder

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fagherhänder" (or fagherhænder) in Swedish.

As defined by K.F Söderwall's dictionary of Medieval Swedish:

fagherhänder (fagherhænder)
försedd med vackra händer. fager händer oc föter (för fager händer oc fager föter; orig. vel hæntir oc vel fœttir) Di 131.

Orthography: Early Old Swedish used different letters for ä and ö, so fagherhänder may have also been written as fagherhænder

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

Works and authors cited:

Di
Sagan om Didrik af Bern. Utg. af G. O. Hyltén-Cavallius. 1850--54.
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

Back