Usually means: Given or exchanged as token.
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  1. handselled: Merriam-Webster
  2. handselled: Collins English Dictionary
  3. handselled: Wordnik
  4. handselled: Wiktionary
  5. handselled: Dictionary.com
  6. handselled: FreeDictionary.org
  7. handselled: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (handsel)

noun:  (obsolete) A lucky omen.
noun:  A gift given at New Year, or at the start of some enterprise or new situation, meant to ensure good luck.
noun:  (archaic) Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.
verb:  (transitive) To give a handsel to.
verb:  (transitive) To inaugurate by means of some ceremony; to break in.
verb:  (transitive) To use or do for the first time, especially so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally.
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