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hand-gift

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Cf. hand-leán

hand-bæftian

(v.)
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hand-bæftian, -beaftan, -beoftan; p. -bæftade, -beafte

To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament

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To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament Ða ðe gemǽndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32

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hand-geweorc

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Th. i. 304, 21. work done by the hands, wort in general Fram nǽnigum eorðlicum handgeweorce næs seó bóc áwriten, Wlfst. 214, 10. His handgeweorc þú bletsadest operibus manuum ejus benedixisti, Hml.

hand-brǽd

(n.; adj.)
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hand-brǽd, -bréd, e; f.

A hand's breadthpalmus

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A hand's breadth Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52

hand-lín

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Ðonne þú handlín habban wille, ðonne stríc þú mid þínre swýðran handa eclinga ofer þíne wynstran, Tech, ii. 120, 1

hand-bred

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Handbred vola, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 15. Of werlicum folman, handbrede uirili uola, An. Ox. 1549. Handbrede palmula, Germ. 399, 462. Ástrehtum handbredum tó heofenlicum rodore, Hml. Th. ii. 138, 10. Úpáwendum handbredum wiþ þæs heofones weard, Hml. S. 26,

hand-cops

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Add: — Sweórcopsas vel handcopsas boias, catenas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 43

hand-cræft

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add

hand-dǽda

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hand-fæstan

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Dele

hand-full

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Add: — Hondful beówes manticum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 52. Handful, 55, 45: 71, 13. 'Horse mete is bere ꝥ hé ús forgeaf, underfó hé gærs.' Þá underféng se hálga þá handfulle, Hml. S. 3, 218. Sé ðe gripa ł handfulla gæderaþ qui manipulos colliget, Ps. L. 128

hand-gripe

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hand-sceaft

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Dele

hand-sceát

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Dele

hand-sció

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a glove. Dele. The word is dative of a proper name, which may be seen in the place-name of the following passage: In loco qui dicitur Andscóheshám, C. D. i. 102, 9. Graff vi. 418 8

hand-scólu

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hand-scólu, l.
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scolu

hand-seax

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Lytel swurd oððe handsex sica, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 23. Handseax coarim (cultrvm?), ii. 16, 10. Add: —

hand-seten

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Ðis synt ðára witena handsetena and ðére hína ðe on ðǽre geþafunge wéron, C. D. v. 162, 30. Add

hand-sliht

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hand-wyrm

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Hondwyrm, handyrp, honduyrp briensis, Txts. 45, 320. Hondwyrm ladascapiae, briensis, 73, 1193. Handwyrme uerme (minor exiguo sulcat qui corpora uerme. Ald. 272, 31), An. Ox. 23, 50. Hondweorm uerme, i. briensis, 25, 1. (The same passage is glossed in