hæle

Danish edit

From Middle Low German hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to hide, conceal”), cognate with German hehlen (“to fence”) and Dutch helen (“to fence”).

hæle (imperative hæl, infinitive at hæle, present tense hæler, past tense hælede, perfect tense har hælet)

Conjugation of hæle

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hæle c

hæle

hæle (imperative and present tense hæl, passive hæles, simple past hælte, past participle hælt)

to heel; to add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
to bear, endure, stand, tolerate

From Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz. Compare cognates: Old Norse halr (“hero, person”), hǫldr (“free-born, prominent yeoman”), also German Held (“hero”).

hæle m (poetic)

Hæle exhibits various inflectional endings that can be grouped into two separate declensions: a þ-stem declension, matching very few other words like ealu (“beer”), and an a-stem declension (including nom.-acc. sg. hæleþ), matching most masculine nouns.^[1]

Declension of hæle (consonant stem, irregular)

Declension of hæle (strong a-stem)

Middle English: heleð, haleð, hæleð; hathel (conflation with athel (“nobleman”))
- English: health
- Middle Scots: hathill

^ Adamczyk, Elżbieta (2018). Reshaping of the Nominal Inflection in Early Northern West Germanic. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. p. 222