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handsel
We have found lemma(root) word of handsel : 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
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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
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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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