Hond(e)

, Hand(e) , n. hand, I 101, II 470, IV a 27, V 37, XIV c 45 ( pl. or distrib. sg. ; see Hert), .; Hend(e) , pl. IV a 65, 80, XVI *75, 400, XVII 34, 255; Honden , pl. II 79. Held in hond , ruled, II 488; at our h. , at hand, VII 13; hand yn h. , I 151, 223; on hond , on the wrist, II 307; out of honde , straight away, V 217; tak vpon hand (without to ), undertake to, X 130. [OE. hónd , hánd ; pl. hánda ; ON. pl. hend-r .]