handel, verb transitive and intransitive

Forms:
Also handle.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans handel, from Dutch handelen.
obs.
To trade; to sell (something).
Note:
The OED provides examples of the word in this sense (used transitively) in U.S. English from 1888.
1850 R.G.G. Cumming Hunter’s Life p.iThe trader inquires of the Boer if he has any fat oxen to handle or barter.
a1878 J. Montgomery Reminisc. (1981) 96Before I had proceeded far I received a message from Karapan and Witvoet to visit their kraal, as they wished to handel (trade).
1887 A.A. Anderson 25 Yrs in Waggon I. 40The people at Wakkerstroom wanted to know what I was doing in the country, as I did not handel (trade).
To trade; to sell (something).
Derivatives:
So handling  verbal noun, trading.
1850 R.G.G. Cumming Hunter’s Life p.iWhen ‘handling’ once begins, it often goes on briskly.
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