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hand-full

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hand-full, e; f.
A handful; manipulus
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  • Nimaþ handfulle axan of ðam ofene

    tollite plenas manus cineris de camino,

      Ex. 9, 8.
  • Nime áne handfulle

    tollet pugillum plenum,

      Lev. 2, 2.
  • Nim micle handfulle secges

    take a great handful of sedge,

      L. M. 3, 67; Lchdm. ii. 354, 26.
  • Genim micle twá handfulla

    take two great handfuls,

      69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 12: Herb. 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 19.
  • Berende handfulla heora

    portantes manipulos suos,

      Ps. Lamb. 125, 6.
Etymology
[Orm. hanndfull: A. R. honful: Icel. hand-fyllr: Ger. hand-voll.]
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  • hand-full, n.