Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon). · To grip by the handle.
The handle of a tool or weapon.
From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją.
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