Hand-full
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hand-full
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- hand-full
- f. A handful; manipulus :-- Nimaþ handfulle axan of ðam ofene tollite plenas manus cineris de camino, Ex. 9, 8. Nime áne handfulle tollet pugillum plenum, Letake a great handful of sedge, L. M. 3, 67; Lchdm. ii. 354, 26. Genim micle twá handfulla take two great handfuls, 69; Lchdm. ii. 356, 12: Herb. 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 19. Berende handfulla heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Lamb. 125, 6. [Orm. hanndfull: A. R. honful: Icel. hand-fyllr: Ger. hand-voll.] hand-full