hælu
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hailī, equivalent to hāl + -u.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hǣlu f
- sound physical or spiritual health
- salvation, a cure, healing
- welfare, well-being, prosperity
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References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.