Hēaphandþōðer

Hēaphandþōðer oþþe sceorte handþōðer (hāteþ on Nīƿum Englisce team handball) is hēapplega on þǣm þe tƿegen hēapas þāra ǣlc hæfþ seofone plegendas (þæt is, seoxe feldplegendas and ān geatƿeard) geƿeorpaþ þōðer betƿeoh him tō scēotenne hine in þæt getælgeat þæs ōðres hēapes. Se hēap mid þǣm mǣstan getæle æfter þǣm tƿǣm tīdum 30 tīdincla oferƿinþ.

Handþōðer plegeþ mann oftost on þissum dagum binnan bolde, ac þǣr sind ēac bysena his būtan boldum.

Hē is sƿift plega on þǣm līchamlīc gecnos gelimpþ þǣr ƿeardas sēcaþ tō forƿeornienne þā onrǣsendas þǣre genēalǣcinge tō þǣm getælgeate. Gecnos is synderlīce lēaffull þǣr ƿeard sīe full ætfōran þǣm onrǣsendan plegende, þæt is, betƿeoh þǣm onrǣsende and þǣm getælgeate. Ǣnig gecnos fram bæce oþþe sīdan is gesmēad frēcendlīc ƿesan and geƿunelīce sceal mann ongieldan his. Þǣr ƿeard gesǣlþ on þǣre hracinge onrǣsendes, se plega ablinne and sīe eft ongunnen fram þǣm onrǣsendan hēape on þǣm stede þǣre hracinge oþþe on þǣre nigonmetermearce.