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un-hǽlu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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un-hǽlu, indecl.: un-hǽl, e; f.
bad health, disease, sickness, infirmity,
of persons
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  • Se oferdrenc fordéð ðæs mannes gesundfulnysse and unhǽl becymð of ðam drence,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 38.
  • Oferfyll bið ðæs líchaman unhǽl,

    • Wulfst. 242, 4.
  • Búton ðé unhǽl oððe yld derige,

    • 247, 34.
  • Ða diófla gelǽrdon hié, ðæt ða ðe on unhǽle wǽran, ðæt hiéhále for hié cwealdon,

    • Ors. 4, 4
    • ;
    • Swt. 164, 17.
  • Gif ðú wile hál beón, drinc ðé gedeftlíce; ǽlc oferfyl fét unhǽlo,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 61.
  • Unhǽlo

    languorem,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 23:

    crucem,

    • 16, 24.
  • Ðám ðe under hý migaþ ... ða unhǽle heó gehǽlþ,

    • Lchdm. i. 360, 9.
  • Ðás unhǽle (

    blotch

    ),
    • ii. 76, 16.
  • Untrymmnise ł unhǽlo

    infirmitates,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 17.
of animals, unsoundness
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  • Gif mon hwelcne ceáp gebygeþ and hé ðonne onfinde him hwelce unhǽlo on binnan .xxx. nihta,

    • L. In. 56
    • ;
    • Th. i. 138, 11.
[Licome unhele, O. E. Homl. i. 7, 23. Unhæle and ælde, Laym. 11546. Unnhal þurrh unnride unnhæle, Orm. 4779. O. H. Ger. un-hailí insania. Cf. Goth. un-haili; n. ill-health.]
misfortune, mishap
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  • Sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo,

    • Beo. Th. 241
    • ;
    • B. 120.
Etymology
[Envye that sory is of other mennes wele and glæd is of his sorwe and unhele,
  • Chauc. Doct. T. 116.
Icel. ú-heill mishap.
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v.  hǽlu un-hǽl.
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