hælu
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hailī, equivalent to hāl + -u.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hǣlu f
- sound physical or spiritual health
- salvation, a cure, healing
- welfare, well-being, prosperity
Declension
[edit]Declension of hǣlu (strong īn-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, helle, hel, ȝel, ȝele, eale, hæle (Early Middle English)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.