aðalhenda

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aðal- +‎ henda.

Noun

aðalhenda f (genitive singular aðalhendu, nominative plural aðalhendur)

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    • 1905 March 18, Norðurland, volume 4, number 26, page 102:
      Í hinni alkunnu vísu Jónasar Hallgrímssonar, »Hingað gekk hetjan unga,« eru þannig aðalhendur í öllum fjórum hinum síðari vísuorðum.
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    • 1915, Eimreiðin, volume 21, number 1, page 26:
      Þó er undantekning frá þessu sú, að aðalhendingar mega vera í fleirum en fjórum visuorðum í erindi (jafnvel tómar aðalhendur heil vísa); [...]
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    • 1987, Ólafur Halldórsson, Færeyinga saga, page xxxvi:
      Á handritinu eru þrjár aðalhendur, en auk þess hefur fjórði maður skrifað bl. 16ra- bl.
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