hand|sel

hand|sel
hand|sel «HAN suhl», noun, verb, -seled, -sel|ing or (especially British), -selled, -sel|ling.
–n.
1. a) a gift made as a token of good wishes at New Year's or to one entering something new such as a job or house. b) Obsolete. a gift or present given on any occasion; reward.
2. a) a first payment or installment. b) the first money taken by a dealer in the morning, or on opening a new store.
3. Figurative. the first experience of anything; foretaste.
–v.t.
1. to give handsel to (a person).
2. to inaugurate.
3. to be the first, as to use, try, or taste: »

He carries his grief on a shoulder that handselled them long before (A. E. Housman).

 Also, hansel.
╂[Old English handselen transfer of ownership < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic handsal transference by shaking hands)]

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