hælu
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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.