1) Exclusively Saxon word 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Grip 4) Haft 5) Handgrip 6) Handle 7) Handle of a weapon or tool 8) Hatchet handle 9) Hold 10) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 11) Word of purely Anglo origin
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1) Haft
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handle of an axe or similar tool
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• (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze. • (v. t.) To furnish with a helve, as an ax. • (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer. • (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
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Helve noun [ Middle English
helve ,
helfe , Anglo-Saxon
hielf ,
helf ,
hylf , confer Old High German
halb ; and also English
halter ,
helm of a rudder.]
1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
2. (Iron Working) (...Found on
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Helve transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Helved ;
present participle & verbal noun Helving .] To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
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a shaft where the forging hammer head and hurst join.
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