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hand-brǽd

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
hand-brǽd, -bréd, e; f.
A hand's breadth
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  • Handbréd vel span

    palmus,

      Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 127; Wrt. Voc. 43, 52.
Etymology
[Chauc. an hande brede, hondbrede: Prompt. Parv. hands brede palmus: cf. Ger. handbreit, adj.]
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  • hand-brǽd, n.; adj.