Fulhändis

Old Swedish Dictionary - fulhändis

Meaning of Old Swedish word "fulhändis" (or fulhændis) in Swedish.

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

fulhändis (fulhændis): duglig, duktig, rask. " loch thy behöfuin i her alstingx wäl en fulhändis man han faar her mer än nogh ath göra" Troil 5: 299 (1447). " ey forma ok en fulhändis ok manlikin hoghir synda samptykia mz langhom dwlska halla" SpV 42. ib 149, 162. " apostolin sigher gudz ordh äru liffwandis ok fulhändis (efficax), ok hwassaren. .. än nakot hwast twäggiath swärdh" ib 508.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

SpV: Speculum Virginium -- Jungfruspegel -- öfvers. från latinet af Mathias Laurentii. Utg. af R. Geete. 1897--98. SFSS.

Troil: Skrifter och handlingar til uplysning i svenska kyrko och reformationshistorien. [Utg. av U. von Troil.] 1--5. 1790--91.