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HEALT

  • adjective
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HEALT, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§426;
HALT, lame, limping
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  • Healt

    claudus,

      Wrt. Voc. 75, 35.

  • Gif hé healt weorþ

    if he become lame,

      L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14.

  • Hæfdon him tó ládteówe ǽnne wísne mon, þéh hé healt wǽre and him tó gielpworde hæfdon ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hie hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce

    they had as their leader a wise man though he was lame, and made it their boast that they had rather the king halted than the kingdom,

      Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 28-31: Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8.

  • Him tó eodan blinde and healte

    the blind and halt went to him,

      Blickl. Homl. 71, 21: Nicod. 2; Thw. 1, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 2427; El. 1215: Andr. Kmbl. 1155; An. 578.
Etymology
[Goth. halts: O. Sax. O. Frs. halt: Icel. haltr: O. H. Ger. halz.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HEALT.” 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/18453.

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