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HAND - HAND-CRÆFT
hand [ = and(?)] also :-- Ymbe midne dæg and nóntíde Bode se hírédes ealdor út and dyde hand swá gelíce exiit circa sextam, et nonam horam: et fecit similiter, Anal. Th. 74, 4. Hí férdon swá tó Sandwíc and dydon hand ðæt sylfa they went to Sandwich and did just the same, Chr. 1052; Erl. 184, 5.
hand-bæftian, -beaftan, -beoftan; p. -bæftade, -beafte To beat with the hands as an expression of grief[?], to lament :-- Ða ðe gemæ-acute;ndon and hondbæftadon quæ plangebant et lamantabantur, Lk. Skt. Lind. 23, 27. Wé hondbeafton lamentavimus, 7, 32. [Cf. apon þair brestes fast þai beft, Met. Homl. xviii.] v. beaftan.
hand-bana, -bona, an; m. A murderer, homicide, one who slays with his own hand [α&upsilon-tonos;τ&omicron-tonos;χειρ], Beo. Th. 925; B. 460: 2665; B. 1330: 4997; B. 2502. [O. Sax. hand-bano: Icel. hand-bani the actual slayer.]
hand-bell, e; f. A hand-bell :-- Ðæ-acute;r næ-acute;ron æ-acute;r 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-bóc, e; f. A hand-book, manual :-- Hand-bóc manualis, Wrt. Voc. 81, 46. Ða hálgan béc saltere and pistolbóc ... sangbóc and handbóc the holy books: psalter and epistle-book ... book of canticles and manual, L. Ælf. C. 21; Th. ii. 350, 14. [Ger. hand-buch.]
hand-bona. v. hand-bana.
hand-bræ-acute;d, -bréd, e; f. A hand's breadth :-- Handbréd vel span palmus, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52. [Chauc. an hande brede, hondbrede: Prompt. Parv. hands brede palmus: cf. Ger. handbreit, adj.]
hand-bred, es; n. The palm of the hand; palma :-- Ðis handbred hoc ir, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 26. Handbred palma, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 71, 2; Wrt. Voc. 43, 56. Hondbreodo palmas, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 67. Sleánde mid handbredum striking with the palms of their hands, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 13. [O. Frs. hond-brede palma.]
hand-cláþ, es; n. A hand-cloth, towel :-- Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30. [Rel. Ant. hand-cloð: Icel. hand-klæði a hand-towel.]
hand-cops, es; m. A handcuf, manacle :-- Handcops manice, Wrt. Voc. 86, 33. Tó gewrídenne cyningas heora on fótcopsum and æðele heora on handcopsum ísynum ad alligandos reges eorum in compedibus et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis, Ps. Spl. C. 149, 8.
hand-cræft, es; m. Skill or power of the hand, handicraft :-- Ðes lama wædla búton handcræfte Godes beboda gefylde this paralytic pauper without the use of his hands fulfilled God's commands, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 17. Mid his handcræfte with his manual skill [in tent-making], i. 392, 16. Wé læ-acute;raþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó-eácan láre leornige handcræft georne we enjoin that every priest besides book-learning diligently learn a handicraft, L. Edg. C. 11; Th. ii. 246, 17. Eác him gerísaþ handcræftas góde ðæt man on his híréde cræftas begange good handicrafts are also befitting him, that crafts may be practised in his household, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 23. [O. Sax. hand-kraft strength, power of hand.]