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hæleþ

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Wright's OE grammar
§58; §301; §414;
Add: [The declension of this word is like that of ealu ; both are t-stems, and the regular nominative should be hæle q. v. See Kl. Nom. Stam. §29, Sievers Grammar § 281].
used with complimentary force of both temporal and spiritual persons;
implying excellence in worldly matters
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  • David wæs háten diórmód hæleð, Israéls brega æðele and ríce, cyninga cýnost,

      Ps. C. I.
  • Weorð eác ádrǽfed deórmód hæleð Óslác of earde

      , Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 20.
  • Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást-Denum . . . þus Heardingasþone hæleð nemdun,

      Rún. 22.
  • Byð for eorlum æðelinga wyn hors hófum wlanc, þǽr him hæleþe ymb welege on wicgum wrixlað sprǽce,

      19.
  • (l a) transferred to Christ :-- Ongyrede hine geong hæleð, þæt wæs God ælmihtig, strang and stíðmód, gestáh hé on galgan, módig on manigra gesyhðe, Kr. 39.
in spiritual matters
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  • Ióhannis hæleð helwarum spr. ec,

      Hö. 24.
  • Wís hæleð

    (St. Andrew),

      An. 921.
  • Tírfæst hæleð. . . bisceop se góda . . . ðám wæs Cyneweard nama,

      Chr. 975 ; P. 120, 9.
expressing courtesy in address
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  • Nú þú miht gehýran, hæleð mín se leófa,

      Kr. 78 : 95 : El. 511.
a man
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  • Nǽnig manna wát, hæleða under heofenum,

      Sal. 60.
  • Fira gehwylc hæleða cynnes,

      Wal. 40.
  • Nǽnig manna under heofonhwealfe hæleða cynnes,

      An. 545.
  • Dryhten ealra hæleða cynnes,

      El. 188.
  • Heofonengla here and hæleða beam, ealle eorðbúend and atol deófol,

      Cri. 1278.
  • Þonne heofon and hel hæleda bearnum, fíra feórum fylde weorðeð, 1592.
  • Mith hęliðum,

      Txts. 151, 12. ¶ in phrases applied
to an earthly ruler
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  • Eádward cing . . . hæleða wealdend,

      Chr. 1065; P. 193, 31.
  • Hæleða waldend (

    the king of Sodom),

      Gen. 2139.
to the Deity
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  • Sóð Sunu Metodes, sáwla Bergend, hæleða Helpend,

      Dan. 403.
  • HælðaScyppend,

      An. 396.
  • Bearn Wealdendes, hæleða hyhtgifa,

      El. 852.
  • Hæleþa Wealdend,

      Ps. Th. 1416.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. hölðr.]
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