hælu
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *hailī, equivalent to hāl + -u.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithǣlu f
- sound physical or spiritual health
- salvation, a cure, healing
- welfare, well-being, prosperity
Declension
editDeclension of hælu (strong īn-stem)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, helle, hel, ȝel, ȝele; eale, hæle (Early Middle English)
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.