Handlös

Old Swedish Dictionary - handlös

Meaning of Old Swedish word "handlös" (or handløs) in Swedish.

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

handlös Old Swedish word can mean:

handlös (handløs): 1) som icke styres av landen. - n. adv. handlöst, utan att styras av handen. Se Sdw 2: 1233. mattis. .. kastade swa sina öxe handlöst ok ion i howdit ATb 1: 123 (1460).

handlös (handløs): 2) handlös, utan hand el. händer. mancus. .. honlöss GU C 20 (hand 2) s. 115.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

ATb: (el. ATb 1), ATb 2, ATb 3 Arboga stads tänkebok I--III. Utg. av Erik Noreen och Torsten Wennström. 1935--40. SFSS.

GU: Glossarii Latino-Svethici specimen vetustum. E cod. mscr. Bibliothecæ Reg. Acad. Upsal. Diss. Ups. præs. J. H. Schröder. 1845.

GU C 20: Latinskt-Svenskt glossarium efter Cod. Ups. C 20. Utg. av E. Neuman. S 1--583. 1918--20, (hand 2) s. 1--169. 1938--42. SFSS.