handle

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 47

(han’dl), v.; pret. and pp. handled, ppr. handling. [ ‘handle handelen, handle, trade, = OHG. hantalon, handle, feel, touch, manage, MHG. handeln, G. handein, treat, manage, deal, trade, = Icel. héndla, handle, = Sw. handla, trade, = Dan. handle, treat, use, trade), freq. verb,