Handle

Old English Dictionary Entry

Handle

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 handle

n. A handle. Cf. sulh-handla stiba, Ælfc. Gl. 1; Som. 55, 8; Wrt. Voc. 15, 8. [Prompt. Parv: handyl manutentum: Jul. hondlen; dat. pl.] handle

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ᚻᚪᚾᛞᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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