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helve

UK/hɛlv/ uncommon

noun

1.

the handle of a weapon or tool

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From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją. Probably cognate to English half, although Etymonline claims relation from halter and helm.

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