Tvähänder

Old Swedish Dictionary - tvähänder

Meaning of Old Swedish word "tvähänder" (or tvæhænder) in Swedish.

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

tvähänder (tvæhænder): som brukar båda händerna lika väl. ambidixter twähänder GU C 20 s. 19.

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

Part of speech: av

Grammatical aspect: adj.

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

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.