Handlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Handlian

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 handlian

p. ode; pp. od 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, 28: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7: Lchdm. iii. 198, 23: 204, 2; 208, 24. [Laym. hondlien: Orm. hanndlenn: Icel. höndla: O. H. Ger. hantalón tractare: Ger. handeln.] handlian

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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