handsels

We have found lemma(root) word of handsels : hansel.

Definitions


[ˈhansl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a gift given at the beginning of the year or to mark an acquisition or the start of an enterprise, supposedly to bring good luck


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English handselen ‘giving into a person's hands’, from hand + an element related to sell; subsequently influenced by Old Norse handsal ‘giving of the hand to seal a promise’


[ˈhansl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give a hansel to
(e.g: the practice of hanselling the master still flourished in Scotland)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English handselen ‘giving into a person's hands’, from hand + an element related to sell; subsequently influenced by Old Norse handsal ‘giving of the hand to seal a promise’




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