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hál

  • adjective
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Grammar
hál, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §161; §426; §620;
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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  • Iosep áxode hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál

    Joseph asked whether their father were well,

    • Gen. 43, 27
      • .

  • Se man wæs sóna hál

    statim sanus factus est,

    • Jn. Skt. 5, 9
      • .

  • Se biþ hál geworden

    he shall be saved,

    • Blickl. Homl. 21, 36
      • .

  • Hé þurh ðæt sóna wearþ hál geworden

    he was at once by that restored to health,

    • 223, 26
      • .

  • Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe

    if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound,

    • L. Alf. pol. 75
      • ;
    • Th. i. 100, 4
      • .

  • Mannes sunu com sécean and hál dón ðæt forwearþ

    venit filius hominis quærere et saluare quod perierat,

    • Lk. Skt. 19, 10
      • .

  • Gedó mé hálne

    salvum me fac,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 14, 30
      • :
    • Mk. Skt. 5, 34
      • .

  • Hine ðǽm mannum hálne and gesundne ágeaf

    restored him to the men safe and sound,

    • Blickl. Homl. 219, 21
      • :
    • 107,17
      • .

  • Ðú mé behéte hál and clǽne ðæt ðæt ðú mé sealdest

    thou didst declare to me that what thou didst sell me was sound and clean,

    • L. O. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 180, 22 : 9
      • ;
    • Th. i. 182, 4
      • .

  • Hé hyne hálne onféng

    he hath received him safe and sound,

    • Lk. Skt. 15, 27
      • .

  • Ic geaf hit on mínon hálan lífe intó Cristes cyrcean

    I gave it while of sound body to Christ's church,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 305, 12
      • .

  • Ðá betǽhte Ecgferþ on hálre tungan land and bóc Dunstáne

    then Ecgferth in plain, unequivocal language delivered land and charter to Dunstan [cf. Icel. með heilum hug sincerely ],

    • Th. Chart. 208, 11
      • .

  • Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning

    Haue rex Iudæorum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29
      • :
    • Lk. Skt. 1, 28
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 1827
      • ;
    • An. 916
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 818
      • ;
    • B. 407
      • .

  • Hále wese gé

    Havete,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9
      • .

  • Sý ðú hál leóf Iudéiscre leóde cyning

    hail sir, king of the Jewish people,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 252, 28
      • .

  • Hál beó ðú

    Have,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 26, 49
      • .

  • Beó ðú hál and sig gebletsod se ðe on Dryhtnes naman com

    Osanna benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini,

    • Nicod. 4
      • ;
    • Thw. 2, 32
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. hal, hæl, hæil, hail, hol : Lauerd king wæs hæil [wassayl, later MS.], 14309
:
Orm. hal
:
A. R. hol
:
Prompt. Parv. hool
:
Goth. hails
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. hél
:
Icel. heill
:
O. H. Ger. heil
:
Ger. heil
.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, un-hál.
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v.  hǽl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hál.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18028.

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