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sound physical condition
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  • Sió hǽlo ðæs líchoman

    (salus corporis) , . .

    ðonne hé ðǽre hǽlo benumen wierð,
      Past. 251, 9-10.

  • Ðæt góde mód de sió hǽlo (hǽlu,

    v. l.

    ) fut oft áweg ádriéfð,
      255, 16.

  • Sine tó manianneðá hálan ðæt hié ne forhycgen ðæt hié hér on ðǽre hwilendlican hǽlo him geearuigen ðá écan hǽlo,

      247, 12.

  • Hond geedníuad wæs tó hǽlo

    (sanitate),

      Mt. L. R. 12, 13.

  • Swǽ hwá swǽ hæfð fulle hǽlo his líchoman

    (valeiudinem carports),

      Past. 250, 3.

  • Waldend him mæg syllan hǽlo on heáfodgimme,

      Gn. Ex. 44.
a making whole, healing, a cure
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  • Hé gehǽledum gewitte árás . . . þá ealle men on þæt gefégon hwilc wundor ðǽre hǽlo þurh Drihtnes gyfe geworden wæs

    (quid ibi sanitatis Domino largiente consejuerelur),

      Bd. 4, 3 ; Sch. 366, 5.

  • Alle mið hǽlo untrumige

    omties sanando languores,

      Mt. p. 14, 9.

  • Hé monge gehǽlde . . . hí symle æt Godes cempan gearwe fundon helpe and hǽlo,

      Gú. 861 : El. 1216.

  • Gewuniaþ . . , gelómlico wundor hǽlo geworden beón

    solent crebra sanitatum miracula operari,

      Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 365, 16.

  • Wundra manega hǽlo (monig wundur hǽlo, v. l.) gefremede wǽron

    mulra sauitatum sint patrata miracula,

      5, 15; Sch. 649, 11.

  • Haelo (cf. potestatem curandi, Mk. 3, 15)

    sanitatum.

      Mk. p. 3, 10.

  • Ic hǽla (hǽlo, L. R. ) gefremme

    sanitates perficio,

      Lk. 13, 32.
well-being, welfare, prosperity
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  • Hé hí on hǽlo hýþe gelǽdde, swá hé hira willan wyste fytmest

    eduxit eos in portum voluntatis eorum,

      Ps. Th. 106, 29.

  • Sige béc onsendað . . . hǽlo hýðe þám þe hý lufai,

      Sal. 245.
  • ¶ in forms of greeting or address
on coming to or meeting a person
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  • Sié þé éce hǽlo and in eorðan lof,

      Cri. 411.

  • Him hǽlu and lof secgean

    laudent eum,

      Ps. Th. 106, 31.

  • Hé hǽlo ábeád Maria mycle,

      Men. 50.

  • Mé Gabrihel hǽlo bodade,

      Cri. 202.

  • Beádas hǽlo ł groetas

    salutate,

      Mt. L. ID, 12 : Mk. p. 4, 6.
on parting
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  • Hǽlo ábeád heorðgeneátum goldwine Geáta the lord of the Geats (Beowulf at the point of death),

    liberal and kind, bade farewell to his hearth-sharers,

      B. 2418.
in written communications
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  • Eusebius dǽm bróder in Drihten hǽlo

    Eusebius fratri in Domino salulem,

      Mt. p, 10, 12.

  • Hé þám cásere hǽlo bodade þyssum worduin,

      Lch. i. 326, 2.

  • Ilia, safety against attack, deliverance from unfavourable conditions :-- Horn hǽlo ús. . . Hǽlo (he álýsde ús, W. S. , R. ) from fióndum úsum

    cornum salutis nobis . . . salutem ex inimicis nostris,

      Lk. L. l. 69-71.
with gen. of the saver
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  • Syle ús on earfoðum fultum, for don hǽlu byð manna gehwylces ídel

    (vana solus hominis),

      Ps. Th. 59, 10.
with gen. of the saved
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  • Þæt hí for sibbe and hǽlo heora éðles campedon

    ut hi pro patriae pace et salute mililarent,

      Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 41, 10.

  • Gemicligende hǽlo kyningces his

    magnificans salutes regis eius,

      Ps. L. 17, 51.
mental or spiritual health or
well-being
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  • Ðá truman sint tó manianne ðæt hié gewilnigen mid ðæs lícuman trumnesse ðæt him ne losige sió hǽlo ðæs módes

    admanend: sunt incolumes ut salutem carports exerceant ad salutem mentis,

      Past. 247, 7.

  • Genóh ryhte þú hit ongitst, and ꝥ is tácn ðínre hǽlo

    indicium est erectae naturae,

      Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 25.

  • SiÍ sául, ðonne hió gebǽdd wierð ðæt yfel tó forlǽtanne . . . sécð ðonne ðá forloreaan hǽlo (salutem amissam), Past. 251, 14. IV a. safety, deliverance, salvation. Cf. III a :-- Hine God freoðade on foldan, swá hé feora gehwylc healdeð in hǽlo (cf. nó God wolde þæt seó sáwl sár þrowode, 379), þǽr se gǽst þíhð in þeáwum, Gú. 368. 'Gehǽle mé (salvum me fac) ðín sió swíðre ' . . . Hé gecýðde ðæt hé dæs écean llfes hílo

    (aeternam salutem)

    sóhte,
      Past. 389, 22.

  • Ic his sácerdas mid hǽlu gegyrwe

    sacerdotes ejus induam salutare,

      Ps. Th. 131, 17.
with gen. of saver
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  • Sæle mé, Dryhten, þínre hǽlo heht

    redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui,

      Ps. C. loo. Ꝥ

  • Geségon égo mín hǽlo ðín

    (salutare tuum),

      Lk. L. R. 2, 30.

  • Sæcgeað Drihtnes hǽlu,

      Ps. Th. 95, 2.
with gen. of saved. See next paragraph. ¶
the salvation effected by Christ's death
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  • Hǽl ús, wé þe synt on líchomum lifgende, and eác þá þe on helle synt biddaþ þínre onlésnesse and þínre hǽlo,

      Bl. H. 81, 23.

  • Þǽt þú ús áhredde and ús hǽlo giefe sylle,

      Cri. 374: 613: 1575.
  • Him selfum tó écere hǽlo. Chr. 855; P. 66, 8 : Ll. Th. i. 103, 7.
  • Eal þis hé þrowode for úre lufon and hǽlo, 61.
  • H. 23, 35.

  • For manna hǽlo,

      79, 3.

  • Fore uncerra sáula héla and uncerra bearna, C. D. i. 292, 26. (Cf. pro remedio animae meae et filii nostri, 287, 31. ) Sancta Maria bróhte eallum geleaffullum éce hǽlo, 5, 31. IV b. that which produces spiritual health or well-being :-- Is wel gecueden ðætte ðæt flǽsclice líf sié ðǽre heortan hǽlo

    vita carnium sanitas cordis,

      Past. 235, 22.

  • Ðæt hié geðencen hú micel hǽlo ðæt bið ðǽre heortan ðæt se líchoma sié medtrum

    ut considerent, quanta salus cordis sit molestia corporalis,

      255, 14.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. heal; sb.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽlu.” 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/51517.

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