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hǽlu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hǽlu, hǽlo; indecl. f.
Wright's OE grammar
§383; §563;
Health, safety, salvation
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  • Æt him is hǽlu mín

    ab ipso salutare meum,

      Ps. Th. 61, 1.

  • Sý hǽlu úrum Gode ðe sitt ofer his þrymsetle

    salvation be to our God that sitteth on his throne,

      Homl. Th. i. 538, 18.

  • Hǽlo,

      Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 1; Cri. 411.

  • Hǽlu bútan sáre

    health without pain,

    32 a;
      Th. 101, 8; Cri. 1655.

  • Tó hǽlo hýðe

    to a haven of safety,

    20 b;
      Th. 53, 33; Cri. 860.

  • For heora sáwla hǽlu

    for the salvation of their souls,

      Homl. Th. ii. 344, 1.

  • Hǽlo,

      L. M. Th. i. 102, 7.

  • Uton hǽlu sécan

    let us seek salvation,

      Exon. 97 b; Th. 365, 11; Wal. 87.

  • Drihten ús sealde hǽlu and éce álýsednysse

    the Lord gave us salvation and eternal redemption,

      Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25.

  • Heó forstæl hire hǽlu

    she stole her health,

      394, 12.

  • Gif gie hǽlo beádas

    si salutaveritis,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 47.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽlu.” 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/17907.

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