hand-seten
- noun [ feminine ]
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Ðas trymeþ se forespecena kyng mid Cristes róde tácne and his weotena hondsetena his geofa
thus the aforesaid king confirms his gifts with the sign of Christ's cross and the signature of his witan,
- Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 304, 11: 14: 89, 11.
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Mé saldan heora hondsetene ðisse gerǽdnesse
they put their hands to this agreement,
- 100, 29.
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Hér is seó hondseten. Ego Óswald archiepiscopus, etc.
here are the signatures. I Oswald archbishop, etc.,
iii.- 260, 13.
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Ælfréd cing Ósulfe his hondsetene sealde
king Alfred gave his sign manual to Osulf,
ii.- 133, 22.
Bosworth, Joseph. “hand-seten.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18173.
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