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handlin

, hand + lin.
Searchable Lemmata: handlin (OE).
Alternate Forms: handlina, handline.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Textile; linen handcloth for mass. The context sometimes suggests 'maniple'. See also manutergium, mantile.(circa 960 - ante 1100)
1. Þæt is þonne an Cristesboc mid sylure berenod & III rode eac mid sylure berenode, II sylurene candelsticcan & II ouergylde & I sylurene storcille & I æren & I sylurene waterfet & II sylurene bellen & IIII silurene calices, IIII patenan & syluren pipe & VI massehacelan & IIII cæppan & I roc & VIII stolan, emfela handlina & XI subumbrale & II pistolclaþas & III corporale & III offrincsceatas & XVIIII albæn & IIII pælles & II linenweb to albæn & II blace ręgl cęsternisce & VI uuahryft & VIIII setreil & X hangiende bellan VII handbellan & IIII bedreaf & VI hornas IIII gerenode & VIII sylfrene cuppan & II gegylde weofodsceatas. Legal, Other, Wills. (a bequest) [DOE Ch 1448 (Rob 39) (0002 (3)) 963]
2. Maniterium : handlinsic, manuscript error for manitergium. [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (3989 (4010))]
3. manualis : handlin oðþe handboc. [DOE ÆGl (0877 (314.13))]
4. Þonne seðe on þære geferræddene to þære þenunga nytwyrðost sy, scryde hine mid superhumerale and mid alban and stolan and handline and planetan, þæt is godwebben cæppeBased on the following passage from the Lanalet Pontifical: Dum inuitati sacerdotes as infirmum fuerint uisitandi ungendique causa . qui eorum ad illud officium dignus . iure censeter induat se super humerali alba et stola cum phanone atque planeta si affuerit sin alias casula non induatur. [DOE Lit 5.11.1 (Fehr) (0005 (16))]
5. Þæt is þæt he hæfð þider ynn gedon II biscoproda & II mycele gebonede roda butan oðrum litlum silfrenum swurrodum & II mycele cristesbec gebonede & III gebonede scrin & I geboned altare & V silfrene caliceas & IIII corporales & I silfren pipe & V fulle mæssereaf & II dalmatica & III pistelroccas & IIII subdiacones handlin. [DOE Rec 10.1 (RobApp I 1) (0006 (21))]
c.f.: fanon, manutergium, maniple
OE.
Sex: Male    Use: Ecclesiastical    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Hand.
1b(n.) ; linen table napkin.(ante 1050 - ante 1100)
1. Ðonne þu handlin habban wille, þonne stric þu mid þinre swyðran handa eclinga ofer þine wynstran.A description of sign language used in the refectory of a monastery, from a manuscript of the first half of the eleventh century. [DOE Notes 2 (Kluge) (0020 (3.18))]
c.f.: maniple, lámanart
OE; Primarily Ecclesiastic/Regula.
Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Compound of hand + lin (q.v.) 'linen cloth'. The word is possibly a calque of Latin manutergium, though the second element of the Latin does not correspond exactly (< Latin tergere 'wipe').
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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