handske

From Old Danish hanzkæ, from Old Norse hanzki, from Middle Low German hantsche, colloquial form of hantscho (“glove, gauntlet”), from Old Saxon handsko (“gauntlet, glove”) from hand (“hand”) and skōh (“shoe”) << Proto-West Germanic *skōh.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhanskə/, [ˈha̝nsɡ̥ə]

handske c (definite singular handsken, indefinite plural handsker, definite plural handskerne)

1. a glove (item of clothing)

• vante

• “handske” in Den Danske Ordbog

handske m (definite singular handsken, indefinite plural handskar, definite plural handskarne)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of hanske

From Old Norse hanzki, from Middle Low German hantsche, colloquial form of hantscho (“glove, gauntlet”) from Old Saxon handsko (“gauntlet, glove”) from hand (“hand”) and skōh (“shoe”) << Proto-West Germanic *skōh.

IPA^(key): /ˈhandˌskɛ/

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handske c

1. a glove (item of clothing), traditionally made of leather (but also includes gloves made of rubber and the like – sturdier gloves)

A knitted (or made from less sturdy soft cloth or the like) glove is a vante.

• boxhandske
• behandskad
• handskas
• handskfack
• handskmakare
• ta i med hårdhandskarna

• handske in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• handske in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)