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hand-fæstung
/handfæstuŋɣ /*
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hand-fæstung
, hand-fæstnung, l. hand-fæstnung, and add :-- Handfæstnung mandatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 58. [v. N. E. D. hand-fastening.]
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hand-fæstung
, -fæstnung, e; f. A giving of the hand by way of pledge or assurance :-- Handfestnung mandatum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 110; Wrt. Voc. 20, 48. [Scot. hand-fasting, -fastnyng marriage with the encumbrance of some canonical impediment, not yet bought off: Icel. hand-festa. -festning, -festr striking a bargain, the joining hands. 'In the early Dan. and Swed. laws the stipulation to be given by the king at his coronation was called haand-fæstning.' Cf. O. H. Ger. hant-feste emunitas, cautio, testamentum, privilegium.]
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