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hǽl

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
hǽl, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§393; §419;
Health, safety, salvation, happiness; salus
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  • Seó hǽl cymeþ symle fram Gode

    salus a domino,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 38
      • .

  • Tó-dæg ðisse híwrǽdene ys hǽl geworden

    this day is salvation come to this house,

    • Lk. Bos. 19, 9
      • :
    • Homl. Th. i. 582, 5
      • .

  • Cristes þénung is úre hǽl and folca álýsednys

    Christ's service is our salvation and the redemption of peoples,

    • ii. 586, 32
      • .

  • Him cymþ gód hǽl

    good health will come to them,

    • Lchdm. i. 342, 9
      • .

  • Sý him hǽl

    Osanna,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 21, 9
      • .

  • Hrædlíce heora hǽle brúcaþ

    speedily they enjoy their health,

    • Homl. Th. i. 510, 8
      • .

  • Brúc ðisses beáges mid hǽle

    use this collar with good fortune,

    • Beo. Th. 2438
      • ;
    • B. 1217
      • .

  • Héht hé Elenan hǽl ábeódan

    he bade them greet Elene,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2004
      • ;
    • El 1003
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1311
      • ;
    • B. 653
      • .

  • Ðíne hǽle syle

    salutare tuum da,

    • Ps. Th. 84, 6
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. heal
:
O. Sax. héli; f
:
Icel. heill; f. good, luck, happiness
:
O. H. Ger. heili; f. salus
.] Cf. hǽl; n. and hǽlu.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽl.” 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/17882.

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