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hál-wende

  • adjective
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hál-wende, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434; §638;
Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome
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  • Ðes hálwenda

    hic saluber,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 64
      • .

  • Ðín word is hálwende

    thy word is salutary,

    • Ps. Th. 118, 103
      • .

  • Hálwoende ðín

    salutare tuum,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 2, 30
      • .

  • Se middangeard wæs mannum hálwende

    the earth was healthful for men,

    • Blickl. Homl. 115, 8
      • :
    • 209, 10
      • .

  • Ðisse sylfan wyrte sǽd on wíne gedruncen is hálwende ongeán áttres drync

    the seed of this same plant is wholesome against a draught of poison,

    • Herb. 142, 6
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 264, 13
      • :
    • 157, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 284, 10
      • .

  • Hit is háluwende bóte

    it is a healing remedy,

    • 374, 24
      • .

  • Wé mágon eów sellan hálwende geþeahte hwæt gé dón mágon

    possumus salubre vobis dare consilium quid agere valeatis,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 14
      • .

  • Seó tunge ðe swá monig hálwende word gesette

    illa lingua quæ tot salutaria verba composuerat,

    • 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 599, 11
      • .

  • Háte baþu ðe wǽron hálwende gecwedene ádligendum líchaman

    hot baths that were said to be salutary for diseased bodies,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 21
      • .

  • Ða hálwendan men

    the men who taught a saving faith, the disciples,

    • Blickl. Homl. 117, 8
      • .

  • Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ swá hé hálwendra byþ

    the older the medicine is the more healing it is,

    • Herb. 130, 3
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 242, 5
      • .
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v.  -wende.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hál-wende.” 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/18068.

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