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Showing words for HANDSEL using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Handsel

handles, handsel

6 Letter Words for Handsel

dashel, elands, endash, halsed, halsen, handel, handle, healds, ladens, landes, lanseh, lashed, naleds, sendal, shaled

5 Letter Words for Handsel

alden, andes, ashed, ashen, dahls, dales, danes, deals, deans, deash, dhals, eland, elans, hades, haled, hales, halse, hands, hanse, heads, heald, heals, helas, henad, hends, laden, lades, lande, lands, lanes, lased, leads, leans, leash, lenad, lends, naled, neals, sadhe, saned, sedan, selah, senal, shade, shale, shand, sheal, shela, sheld, shend, slade, slane, snead

4 Letter Words for Handsel

aden, ahed, alen, ales, ands, anes, daes, dahl, dahs, dale, dals, dane, dans, dase, dash, deal, dean, deas, dels, dens, dhal, dhan, eans, edhs, elan, elds, ends, hade, hads, haen, haes, hale, hals, hand, hans, hasn, head, heal, hela, held, hend, hens, lade, lads, laen, lahs, land, lane, lase, lash, lead, lean, leas, leda, leds, lena, lend, lens, nael, nale, nash, neal, neds, nesh, sade, sadh, sale, sand, sane, seah, seal, sean, seld, sena, send, shad, shan, shea, shed, slad, sled, sned

3 Letter Words for Handsel

ade, adh, ads, aes, ahs, ald, ale, aln, als, and, ane, ans, ase, ash, asl, dae, dah, dal, dan, das, dea, del, den, des, dha, dle, dna, ead, ean, eas, edh, eds, ehs, ela, eld, els, end, enl, ens, esd, had, hae, han, has, hdl, hed, hel, hen, hes, hld, lad, lah, lan, las, lea, led, les, lhd, lsd, nad, nae, nah, nas, nea, ned, sad, sah, sal, san, sea, sed, sel, sen, sha, she, sla, sld, sle

Definitions for Handsel

[1] a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
[2] a first installment of payment.
[3] the initial experience of anything; first encounter with or use of something taken as a token of what will follow; foretaste.
[4] to give a handsel to.
[5] to inaugurate auspiciously.
[6] to use, try, or experience for the first time.
[7] a gift for good luck at the beginning of a new year, new venture, etc
[8] to give a handsel to (a person)
[9] to begin (a venture) with ceremony; inaugurate

Words related to Handsel

allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, favor, grant, gratuity, hand

Words nearby Handsel

hands-down, hands-free, hands-off, hands-on, handsaw, handsel, handset, handsew, handsewn, handsfree, handshake

Origin of Handsel

before 1050; Middle English handselne good-luck token, good-will gift, Old English handselen manumission, literally, hand-gift (see hand, sell1); cognate with Danish handsel, earnest money

Other words from Handsel

un·hand·seled , adjective
un·hand·selled , adjective

Word origin for Handsel

Old English handselen delivery into the hand; related to Old Norse handsal promise sealed with a handshake, Swedish handsöl gratuity; see hand , sell

Synonyms for Handsel

allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, fairing, favor, giveaway, goodie, grant, gratuity, hand, hand-me-down, handout, honorarium, lagniapp