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hǽlþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hǽlþ, e; f.
Health, healing, cure
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  • Ðám áríst rihtwísnysse sunne and hǽlþ is on hyre fiðerum

    to them shall arise the sun of righteousness, and healing is on its wings,

      Lchdm. iii. 236, 31.
  • Ðes þegen bæd for his þeówan hǽlþe

    this officer prayed for the health of his servant,

      Homl. Th. i. 128, 1.
  • For hǽlþe heora untrumra

    for the healing of their sick,

    ii.
      396, 21.
  • Úre líchamana hǽlþe wé áwendaþ

    we pervert the health of our bodies,

      540, 9.
  • Ealle ða wundra and hǽlþa áwrítan

    to write down all the miracles and cures,

      28, 10.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. heilida sanitas, salus.]
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