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===Etymology 1===
===Etymology 1===
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{m|enm|handlinge}}, {{m|enm|hondlunge}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{m|ang|handlung||handling}}, equivalent to {{suffix|en|handle|ing}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|handeling||trade, operation, action}}, {{cog|de|Handlung||act, action}}, {{cog|sv|handling||act, deed, action}}.
From {{inh|en|enm|handlinge}}, {{m|enm|hondlunge}}, from {{inh|en|ang|handlung||handling}}, equivalent to {{suffix|en|handle|ing}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|handeling||trade, operation, action}}, {{cog|de|Handlung||act, action}}, {{cog|sv|handling||act, deed, action}}.


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Revision as of 21:06, 13 June 2020

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhændl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈhændlɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: hand‧ling

Etymology 1

From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle +‎ -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).

Noun

handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings)

  1. A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
    • (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The heavens and your fair handling / Have made you master of the field this day.
    • 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
      […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.
  2. (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)
  3. A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From handle.

Verb

handling

  1. present participle of handle

Danish

Noun

handling

  1. action, act

Declension

Declension of handling
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative handling handlingen handlinger handlingerne
genitive handlings handlingens handlingers handlingernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From handle +‎ -ing

Noun

handling f or m (definite singular handlinga or handlingen, indefinite plural handlinger, definite plural handlingene)

  1. an act, deed
  2. action
  3. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  4. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From handle +‎ -ing

Noun

handling f (definite singular handlinga, indefinite plural handlingar, definite plural handlingane)

  1. an act, deed
  2. action
  3. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  4. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

handla +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

Noun

handling c

  1. an act, a deed
  2. an act, a document
  3. action
  4. the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
  5. shopping; the action of visiting shops

Declension

Declension of handling
nominative genitive
singular indefinite handling handlings
definite handlingen handlingens
plural indefinite handlingar handlingars
definite handlingarna handlingarnas

Derived terms

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