læknishǫnd

Old Norse

FWOTD – 4 August 2016

Etymology

From læknir (“healer”) +‎ hǫnd (“hand”). Cognate with Old Danish ᛚᛅᚴᚿᛅᛌᚼᛆᚿᛑ (læknæshand).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛːknɪ̃sˌhɒ̃nd/

Noun

læknishǫnd f (genitive læknishandar, dative læknishendi, plural læknishendr)

1. (poetic) a healing hand
   • Sigrdrífumál 4:

     Heilir æsir! / Heilar ásynjur!
     Heil sjá in fjǫlnýta fold!
     Mál ok mannvit / gefið okkr mærum tveim,
     ok læknishendr meðan lifum.

     Hail the gods! Hail the goddesses! Hail, the bountiful earth! Speech and wisdom, grant to us famous ones, and healing hands while we live.

Declension

  Declension of læknishǫnd (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	læknishǫnd	læknishǫndin	læknishendr	læknishendrnar
accusative	læknishǫnd	læknishǫndina	læknishendr	læknishendrnar
dative	læknishendi	læknishendinni	læknishǫndum	læknishǫndunum
genitive	læknishandar	læknishandarinnar	læknishanda	læknishandanna