Hand-gift

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

hand-gift

Add: -- Næs þǽr gefremed firen æt giftum, ac þǽr Hálig Gást handgift sealde. [The passage seems based on Mt. i. 20: Noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam; quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est. The Holy Ghost, as it were in the place of husband, makes the gift (q.

Parole correlate: ) which is required before marriage can take place.] Cf. hand-leán. hand-gift