i hænde
Danish
Etymology
Composed of i and hænde. The inflection hænde is a fossilized singular dative indefinite form of hånd (“hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i hɛnə/, [i ˈhɛnə]
Phrase
- in/into somebody's possession
- 2015, Albert Steen-Hansen, Som dreng strikkede jeg fodboldstrømper, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 18:
- Her opbevarede jeg også billeder af filmstjerner, som jeg, efterhånden som de kom mig i hænde, klistrede ind i et album, ...
- Here, I also kept pictures of film stars, which I, as they came into my possession, glued into an album, ...
- 2014, Martin Jensen, Ravneflugt, Klim, →ISBN:
- Så snart den var dem i hænde, skulle de ride hjem til deres egne riger.
- As soon as it was in their possession, they were to ride home to their own realms.
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