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handibodek [hān·dibɔd·ək, -bȯd·ək], sb., a mitten, sea-mitten. Prop. tabu-name at sea. Skerries, “handshoe”, “handboot”; see bodek, sb.

handigrip [hān··digrɩp·], sb., a firm grip with the hand; he has a guid [‘good’] h., a) he gives a good and firm grasp; b) he is a strong fellow (Sa.). O.N. hand(ar)grip. See handgrip, sb. — Pl. handigrips, in sense of close grappling, is Eng. dial., and L.Sc.

handiklapp, sb., see handaklapp.

handikruppen [hān·dikrop·ən and -krup·ən], sb., properly a slap or slight blow on the hand? Name of a boy’s game in which one of the players turns his face towards a wall with one hand behind his back; one of the other players gives him a blow on the hand, and he has to guess who struck him; if he guesses right, the striker has to take his place; if not, he has to remain standing, receiving the blows of all the others in rotation, until he has guessed rightly, “to play h.” N.I. Instead of being placed against the wall, the boy lies face downwards, receiving a slight blow on his back (Yⁿ.). Prob. *handa(r)-kroppan, f., a slap or slight blow on the hand. No. and Icel. kroppa, vb., to jab; pick; scratch.

handirist, -risk, vb., see handrist.

handitrift [hān··ditrɩft·]) sb., the preparing of the wool. Du. *handa-þrift. For the second part of the compd. cf. O.N. þrifinn, adj., active. See t’rift, sb.

handmel [hanmel, hanməl], sb., in reaping the corn: a certain quantity of corn, forming a certain part of a sheaf, laid on the straw-band; a h. o’ corn. 4 or 5 handmels generally make one sheaf. Du. Doubtless an original *handmál, n., “hand-measure”, a handful, as much as can be taken with the hand; cf. handgrip, sb., in a similar sense.

mel from “mál”, measure, limit, is preserved in sjurmol, foreshore [*sjófarmál or -máli].

handrist [hāndrɩst· (häᶇdrɩst·)], vb., 1) to separate the threshed corn from the chaff by rubbing it between the hands; to h. de corn. Also in the forms: handirist [hān·dirɩst··], handrisk [hāndrɩsk·, häᶇdrɩsk·], handirisk [hān·dirɩsk··] and hantrist [hāntrɩst·]. N.I., esp. Fe.: handrist. U. (occas.): hand(i)risk and hantrist. N.: hantrist. 2) to overhaul in impatient searching, e.g. garments out of a chest and flinging them away; to h. and “had gaun” [‘hold going’]. Fe. [hāndrɩst·]. — *handhrista, to shake with the hand; O.N. hrista, vb., to shake.

handsel [ha‘nsəl, hānsəl], sb., something given to a person with good wishes in order to bring him good luck; prop. to be confirmed by shaking hands; also solemn intercession. I’ll gi’e dee dis for h., I give you this present in order that it may bring you good luck (as a pledge of my wishes for good luck); I’ll gi’e dee my h., I promise you my prayers for good look (Conn.). In a special sense: the first present given to the bride after the ceremony (N.I.; reported by J.I.). — O.N. handsal, n., a making over by handsel, stipulation (sal, n., delivery into the hand of another; bargain); Eng. and Sc. handsel.

handspok [hāndspō^ək], sb., a hand-spike. Nm. No. handspak(e), m., id., = handspik, f.

hand [hand, hānd]-tief, sb., “hand-thief”, a thief, in proper sense, opp. to “tung-tief”, “tongue-thief", a back-biter (Sa.).

*hangl, hangel, vb., see hankl, hankel, vb.

hanglin [haŋglɩn (haŋlɩn)], sb., a long, overgrown boy, between fourteen and twenty-one. N.I. *hang-