hansel
noun, verb (used with object), han·seled, han·sel·ing or (especially British) han·selled, han·sel·ling.
handsel
or han·sel
noun
verb (used with object), hand·seled, hand·sel·ing or (especially British) hand·selled, hand·sel·ling.
Origin of handsel
Examples from the Web for hansel
Contemporary Examples of hansel
The folk tale “Hansel and Gretel” originated in these years.
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters manages to change the fairy tale so that its protagonists are armed like GI Joe.
Much like Max, Hansel and Gretel are abandoned by their parents in the forest and forced to fend for themselves.
But I said: 'Hansel and Gretel is one of the scariest stories ever written!
After a few ridiculous barbs, Zoolander flexes his ego, challenging Hansel to a “walk-off.”
Historical Examples of hansel
When noon came Grethel shared her bread with Hansel, who had strewn his on the path.
Grethel wept bitterly, and said to Hansel, “What will become of us?”
I am looking at my little dove,” answered Hansel, “nodding a good-by to me.
We cannot get over,” said Hansel; “I can see no bridge at all.
When noon came Gretel shared her bread with Hansel, who had strewn his on the path.
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