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Definition of hansel

Hansel
Hansel Han"sel, n. & v. See Handsel.
hansel
Handsel Hand"sel, n. [Written also hansel.] [OE. handsal, hansal, hansel, AS. hands?lena giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ] 1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as on omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc. Their first good handsel of breath in this world. --Fuller. Our present tears here, not our present laughter, Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. --Herrick. 2. Price; payment. [Obs.] --Spenser. Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc.

Meaning of hansel from wikipedia

- "Hansel and Gretel" (/ˈhænsəl, ˈhɛn- ... ˈɡrɛtəl/; German: Hänsel und Gretel [ˈhɛnzl̩ ʔʊnt ˈɡʁeːtl̩]) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers...
- Gretel & Hansel (also known as Gretel & Hansel: A Grim Fairy Tale) is a 2020 dark fantasy horror film directed by Osgood Perkins and written by Rob Hayes...
- Look up hansel (disambiguation) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hansel is one of the main characters in the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel. The German...
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a 2013 American dark fantasy action horror film that stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton as the siblings from the...
- Look up Hansel and Gretel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "Hansel and Gretel" is a fairy tale. Hansel and Gretel may also refer to: Hansel and Gretel...
- Hansel Enmanuel Donato Domínguez, known as Hansel Enmanuel, (born 24 October 2003) is a Dominican college basketball player for the Austin Peay Governors...
- Hansel and Gretel (or Hänsel und Gretel) is the title of the following films: Hansel and Gretel – an American dramatic short (d. J. Searle Dawley) Hansel...
- Phillip Sand Hansel (February 18, 1925 – August 6, 2010), known as Phill or Phil Hansel, was an American swimming coach who competed for Purdue University...
- a low point; he is ousted as the top male fashion model by rising star Hansel McDonald, his roommates and colleagues are killed in a "freak gasoline-fight...
- Hansel vs. Gretel (stylized as Hansel V Gretel) is a 2015 action horror film released by The Asylum as a sequel to the company's 2013 Hansel & Gretel —...