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Add: I. (good) health
of body
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  • Hé cwæit þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, and eal hire híwisc hǽlðe brúcan,

      Hml. Th. ii. 150, 19.

  • Gif þú gesihst þé on wætere cealdan þw[e]án, hǽlde líchaman

    (sanitatem carports)

    getácnaþ,
      Lch. iii. 214, 14.
of soul,
salvation
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  • Eallon þám tó écere hǽlðe þe his líchaman séceað,

      Chr. 1023 ; P. 156, 25.
healing,
physical
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  • Heó árás andsund of þám bedde . . . þá wundrode se Þegn his wífes hǽlðe,

      Hml. S. 22, 55.
  • Hé sumne blindne man gehǽlde . . . and manega gelýfdon þurh ðæs mannes hǽlðe, 34.
spiritual
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  • On hálwendlican þínum ł hǽlðe

    in salutare tuum,

      Ps. L. 118, 81.
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v. un-hǽlþ, wan-hǽlþ.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽlþ.” 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/51516.

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