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hál

  • adjective
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hál, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §161; §426; §620;
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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  • Iosep áxode hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál

    Joseph asked whether their father were well,

      Gen. 43, 27.
  • Se man wæs sóna hál

    statim sanus factus est,

      Jn. Skt. 5, 9.
  • Se biþ hál geworden

    he shall be saved,

      Blickl. Homl. 21, 36.
  • Hé þurh ðæt sóna wearþ hál geworden

    he was at once by that restored to health,

      223, 26.
  • Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe

    if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound,

      L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 4.
  • Mannes sunu com sécean and hál dón ðæt forwearþ

    venit filius hominis quærere et saluare quod perierat,

      Lk. Skt. 19, 10.
  • Gedó mé hálne

    salvum me fac,

      Mt. Kmbl. 14, 30 : Mk. Skt. 5, 34.
  • Hine ðǽm mannum hálne and gesundne ágeaf

    restored him to the men safe and sound,

      Blickl. Homl. 219, 21 : 107,17.
  • Ðú mé behéte hál and clǽne ðæt ðæt ðú mé sealdest

    thou didst declare to me that what thou didst sell me was sound and clean,

      L. O. 7; Th. i. 180, 22 : 9; Th. i. 182, 4.
  • Hé hyne hálne onféng

    he hath received him safe and sound,

      Lk. Skt. 15, 27.
  • Ic geaf hit on mínon hálan lífe intó Cristes cyrcean

    I gave it while of sound body to Christ's church,

      Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 305, 12.
  • Ðá betǽhte Ecgferþ on hálre tungan land and bóc Dunstáne

    then Ecgferth in plain, unequivocal language delivered land and charter to Dunstan [cf. Icel. með heilum hug sincerely ],

      Th. Chart. 208, 11.
  • Hál wes ðú Iudéa cyning

    Haue rex Iudæorum,

      Mt. Kmbl. 27, 29 : Lk. Skt. 1, 28 : Andr. Kmbl. 1827; An. 916 : Beo. Th. 818; B. 407.
  • Hále wese gé

    Havete,

      Mt. Kmbl. 28, 9.
  • Sý ðú hál leóf Iudéiscre leóde cyning

    hail sir, king of the Jewish people,

      Homl. Th. ii. 252, 28.
  • Hál beó ðú

    Have,

      Mt. Kmbl. 26, 49.
  • Beó ðú hál and sig gebletsod se ðe on Dryhtnes naman com

    Osanna benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini,

      Nicod. 4; Thw. 2, 32.
Etymology
[Laym. hal, hæl, hæil, hail, hol : Lauerd king wæs hæil [wassayl, later MS.], 14309 : Orm. hal : A. R. hol : Prompt. Parv. hool : Goth. hails : O. Sax. O. Frs. hél : Icel. heill : O. H. Ger. heil : Ger. heil.]
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v. ge-, un-hál.
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v.  hǽl.
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