Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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afhendr

  1. out of one's hand

Declension

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References

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