Hand-gift
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hand-gift
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- 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.