handfull

handfull (plural handfulls)

1. Archaic form of handful.

From hand- +‎ -full.

handfull m (definite singular handfullen, indefinite plural handfuller, definite plural handfullene)

1. alternative form of håndfull

• “handfull” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From hand- +‎ -full.

handfull m (definite singular handfullen, indefinite plural handfullar, definite plural handfullane)
handfull f (definite singular handfulla, indefinite plural handfuller, definite plural handfullene)

1. a handful (amount that fills the hand)
2. a handful (small number, e.g. of people)

• “handfull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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IPA^(key): /ˈxɑnd.full/, [ˈhɑnd.fuɫ]

handfull f (nominative plural handfulla)

1. handful

• Middle English: handful
  • English: handful

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hand-full”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

From hand +‎ -full.

handfull c (indeclinable)

1. handful; amount held in hand
2. handful; a small quantity

• handfull in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)