hælu

Old English

Alternative forms

• hǣlo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailī, equivalent to hāl +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæː.lu/, [ˈhæː.lu]

Noun

hǣlu f

1. sound physical or spiritual health
2. salvation, a cure, healing
3. welfare, well-being, prosperity

Derived terms

• hǣlubearn (“a child of salvation, i.e. the Savior”)
• hǣlutīd (“a happy time”)

Descendants

• Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, helle, hel, ȝel, ȝele; eale, hæle (Early Middle English)
  • English: heal
  • Scots: heal, hele
  • Yola: heale, heall, heal, hele

References

• 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.