afhendr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz, whence also modern English offhand. Equivalent to adjectival af- +‎ hǫnd.

Adjective[edit]

afhendr

  1. out of one's hand

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • afhendr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press