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used of the Deity in reference to pre-Christian times
as a noun denoting an agent,
a saviour
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  • Freá mihtig, hǽlend manna,

      Ps. C. 137.

  • Drihten is mín hǽlend Dominus salus mea. Ps. Th. 26, l. Þú eart mín hǽlend

    salutare vultus mei,

      42, 6.

  • Úre hǽlend God helpe ússes

    salutaris noster, Dens noster, Deus salvos faciendi,

      67, 20.

  • Hǽlynd Drihten,

      107, 6.

  • Mín gást wynsumaþ on God mínum hǽlende,

      Bl. H. 7, 3.
with weakening of force and tending to become a mere title (cf. Christ),
where it is not definitely applied to the second person of the Trinity
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  • Him wæs Hǽlend God wráð geworden,

      Sat. 281.

  • Bearn Hǽlendes,

      Sae. 153.
  • Hélendes, 86.

  • Þú

    (Satan) ús (the fallen angels)

    gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54.

  • Herigean Hǽlynd Drihten

    Laudate Dominum,

      Ps. Th. 112, 1: 98, 10.
applied to the second person
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  • Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . . Ic on neorxna wonge ǽsette treów . . git oferhýrdon Hǽlendes word . . . Næs þá monna gemet. . . þæt eów mihte helpan, nimðe Hǽlend God, sé þæt wíte ǽr tó wrece gesette, férde tó foldan',

      Sat. 470-95.
of the Deity in Christian times,
denoting a saviour, used of Christ
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  • Þú hǽlend eart middangeardes,

      El. 809.

  • Þæt hé mundbora mín geweorðe, helpend and hǽlend wið hellsceaðum,

      Jul. 157.

  • Ic wille hýran mínum hǽlende,

      Gú. 576.

  • Heó cende ealles middaneardes hǽlend,

      Bl. 105, 18.

  • Hǽlend tillfremmendra,

      Rä. 60, 6.
passing into a title. Cf. I. 2.
used of God the Father
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  • Dryhten Hǽlend (cf. þín sunu, 778),

      El. 726.
used of Christ,
(α) the Saviour
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  • Ðá

    se Hǽlend ðæt ongeat,
      Past. 33, 15 : Bl. H. 17, 25.

  • Se Hǽlend ús helpe gefremede þurh his líces gedal,

      Ph. 650: El. 862.

  • Se gehálgoda Hǽlend,

      Cri. 435.

  • Maria smerede þæs Hǽlendes fét,

      Bl. H. 69, 2 : Cri. 505.

  • Martha gearwode þám Hǽlende ǽfengereordu,

      Bl. H. 67, 26. ¶
    with other titles of the Deity :-- Þú eart Hǽlend God, Hy. 3, 9.

  • Hí lǽrdon ǽnne willan beón on Dryhtne Hǽlende Críste (Dryhtne Hǽlende,

    v. l.) (in Domino Saluatore),

      Bd. 5, 19 ; Sch. 666, 8.
rendering
Jesus
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  • His nama wæs Hiesus, þæt is Hǽlend, for ðan ðe hé gehǽlð ealle ðá þe on hine gelýfað,

      Hml. Th. i. 198, 12.

  • Hǽlend genam his twelf þegnas sunder,

      Bl. H. 15, 6, 15, 23.

  • Hit is Hǽlend se Nazarenisca

    it is Jesus of Nazareth,

    18.

  • Hire sweostor gesæt big Hǽlendes fótum,

      67, 27: Sat. 382: An. 574: Kr. 25.

  • Lazarus sæt mid Hǽlende,

      Bl. H. 67, 36.

  • Didimus mid hondum Hǽlend genóm,

      Sae. 544. ¶
    with other titles of the Deity :-- Úre Drihten Hǽlend . . . wæs Hǽlend Críst, Bl. H. 67, 4-5: Sat. 219: An. 1409.

  • Úre Drihten Hǽlend Críst,

      Bl. H. 11. 21. v. hǽlan ; II. 2.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽlend.” 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/51502.

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