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handsel

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈhænd.səl/Sorted adehlnsStarts with HEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A lucky omen.

Word origin

From Middle English handsell, hanselle, from Old English handselen and/or Old Norse handsal (literally “hand-gift”). Cognate with Scots hansel, Danish handsel.

Used in a sentence

  • their first good handsel of breath in this world
  • Our present tears here, not our present laughter, / Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter.
  • That whoso hardy hand on her doth lay , It dearly shall abye and death for handsel pay

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