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==Etymology==
− It is formed from [[hand]] and [[-y]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) Hoad explains the early sense, manual, as evolved from [[handiwork]], and the later senses as a new formation replacing Middle English hende, from Old English gehende, at hand.^(Hoad 1986)
+ It is formed from [[hand]] and [[-y]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) Hoad explains the early sense, manual, as evolved from [[handiwork]], and the later senses as a new formation replacing [[enm|hende]], from [[ang|gehende]], at hand.^(Hoad 1986)
==Earliest recorded meaning==