HÉLA
- noun [ masculine ]
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Héla
calx,
- Wrt. Voc. 283, 75.
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Hél
calcaneum,
- Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18.
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Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.]
take hare's heel [lat. talum ],
- Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16.
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Heó gehýden hǽlun míne
ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt,
- Ps. Th. 55, 6.
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Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ
if the woman steps with the heels,
- Lchdm. iii. 144, 14.
Bosworth, Joseph. “HÉLA.” 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/18611.
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