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handle

(n.)
Grammar
handle, es; n.

A handlemanutentum

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A handle. Cf. sulh-handla stiba, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 8; Wrt. Voc. 15, 8

handlian

(v.)
Grammar
handlian, p. ode; pp. od

To handle, feeltractare

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To handle, feel Gif mín fæder mé handlaþ si attrectaverit me pater meus, Gen. 27, 12. Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196,

handle

(n.)
Grammar
handle, es; n. l. handle, an; f.
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A handle Handle stiba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 10: i. 287, 31

handlian

(v.)
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Add: to touch with the hands Sé ðe handlað wífhádes mannes líc, Hex. 50, 11. Handla contrecla, i. palpa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 35. Handlian contrectare (mea membra ), An. Ox. 17, 44. to treat a subject Nú wylle ic bysne ætýwan ymbe þá þing þe wé nú handledon

-handla

(suffix)

Similar entry: sulh-handla

hand-leán

(n.)
Grammar
hand-leán, es; n.

A reward, recompense given by the hand, retributionbravium

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A reward, recompense given by the hand, retribution Uton wé geþencean hwylc handleán wé him forþ tó berenne habban let us consider what recompense we have to offer him, Blickl. Homl. 91, 13: Cd. 143; Th. 178, 29; Exod. 19: Beo.Th. 3087; B. 1541: 4195

ge-handlian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-handlian, p. ode
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To handle, treat a subject Ús þingð behéflic ꝥ wé on þisre stówe ymbe þarne saltus lunae wurdliun and hine gehandlion, Angl. viii. 308, 16

Linked entry: handlian

sulh-handla

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-handla, an; m.
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One who holds the handle of a plough, a ploughman Sulhandla stivarius, arator, Hpt. Gl. 461, 71

Linked entry: -handla

sulh-handle

(n.)
Grammar
sulh-handle, (-a; m.?), an; f.
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A plough-handle, plough-tail Sulhhandla (-e? v. handle stiba, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 10) stiba, Wrt. Voc. i. 15, 8. Sulhandlan stivam, Hpt. Gl. 470, 33

Linked entry: handle

hand-leán

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þonne hé þá handleán hafað and sceáwað, Hy. 2, 7, 12. Cf. hand-gift. Add

hand-leng

(n.; adv.)
Grammar
hand-leng, hand-lengu
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hand's length Gyf þú peran wille . . . geþeód þíne fingras tósomne forð handlenge if yow want a pear . . . join your fingers together projecting out their full length, Tech. ii. 124, 19

hand-seax

(n.)
Grammar
hand-seax, es; n.

A short sword, daggera short sword, dirk

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A short sword, dagger Hæfde hé twigecgede handseax habebat sicam bicipitem, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 15. Hæfdon handseax on heora handa habentes in manibus vomeres, 5, 13; S. 633, 16. Godes engel stód mid handsexe God's angel stood with a dagger, Homl. Th.

hand-seax

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

hand-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
hand-rǽs, es; m.

Onset, attack,

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Onset, attack, Beo. Th. 4150; B. 2072

hæft

(n.)
Grammar
hæft, a handle.
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Sceaft asta, sceáð vagina, hæft manubrium, Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 26. ¶ in Jud. 263 perhaps hǽste should be read. Add

deoreþ-sceaft

(n.)
Grammar
deoreþ-sceaft, es; m. [deoreþ = daroþ a dart, sceaft a shaft, handle]

A dart-shaft, a spear hasta

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A dart-shaft, a spear ; hasta Under deoreþsceaftum amid the dart-shafts, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 23; Gen. 1984

Linked entry: sceaft

stel-scofl

(n.)
Grammar
stel-scofl, (?), e; f. The word apparently should mean a shovel with a long handle (v. stela), but it glosses
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faselus Steolscofle faselo, Germ. 400, 498

Linked entry: steol-scofl