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handaina

handaina [ME handain < AS hand + dœgwine] , day’s manual labour (Som). V. et. 2 andena, daina. 1234 debet arare ‥ qualibet ebdomada dim. acram, et faciet ‥ ij handenas infra eundem terminum ‥; et ‥ die quo arat ‥ aut falcat est quietus de handenis Cust. Glast. 8; pro handayna debet triturare j bussellum et dim. frumenti et iij bussellos ordei ‥ et eos ventilare et portare in granarium Ib. 14; [faciet] qualibet die operabili j hayndenam Ib. 45; debet facere wallam suam pro handanis suis Ib. 49 (cf. ib. 149: handeinam); unam handenam, sc. fossare [etc.] ‥ a mane usque ad terciam Ib. 153; ij andenas Ib. 160.

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