Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe handle or haft of a tool or weapon. · A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
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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