Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

hand-gang

  • noun [ masculine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
hand-gang, -gong, es; m.
Laying on of hands
Show examples
  • Handgang

    manus impositio,

      Ælfc. Gl. 112; Som. 79, 94; Wrt. Voc. 60, 3.
Etymology
[Orm. hanndganng laying on of hands (used in connection with the Apostles, and with bishops at confirmation).]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • hand-gang, n.