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hál-wende

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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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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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