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(obsolete) A lucky omen. / A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck.

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handsel

Source Word

handsel

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

obsolete archaic

Japanese Meaning

縁起が良い前兆 / 新年または新たな事業の開始時に与えられる、幸運をもたらすとされる贈り物

Before leaving the village, she left a coin as a handsel, hoping it would bring good fortune.

村を出る前に、彼女は幸運を願って硬貨を吉兆として置いていった。

Sense（1）

(obsolete) A lucky omen.

Sense（2）

their first good handsel of breath in this world

Sense（3）

(archaic) Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.

(From Contemplations, Book Five, Contemplation 1, The Waters of Marah (Found in volume 1 of The Works of Joseph

Hall, edited by Peter Hall, published by Talboys, Oxford, 1837, page 88))

handsels

（ plural ）