Hand-bell

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hand-bell

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hand-bell
f. A hand-bell :-- Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6. hand-bell
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