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5 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the handle of a weapon or tool
originFrom 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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