hanzki

Old Norse

Etymology

From Middle Low German hantske (“gauntlet, glove”) (also spelled hantze, hantsche, hantscho), from Old Saxon handsko (“gauntlet, glove”), from hand (“hand”) and sko (“shoe”). Compare also Dutch handschoen (“glove”), German Handschuh.

Noun

hanzki m (genitive hanzka, plural hanzkar)

  1. glove

Declension
  Declension of hanzki (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hanzki hanzkinn hanzkar hanzkarnir
accusative hanzka hanzkann hanzka hanzkana
dative hanzka hanzkanum hǫnzkum hǫnzkunum
genitive hanzka hanzkans hanzka hanzkanna

Derived terms
  • róðrarhanzki
  • vápnhanzki

Descendants

References
  • hanzki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "hanzki" on page 185 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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