Old English · verb

gehælan

Normalised ġehǣlan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /jeˈxæː.lɑn/
[jeˈhæː.lɑn]
Syllables: je · ˈxæː · lɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: heal allay

Meaning

to heal

Nǣfre lǣċecynn on folcstede findan meahte, þāra þe mid wyrtum wunde ġehǣlde,…

I could never find physicians on a battlefield, who would heal a wound with herbs,…
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:
to cure

Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.

He saw then that no doctor could cure him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
to save

ġehǣlan middanġeard

to save the world
to allay or remove anxiety
to hail

Conjugation

Conjugation of gehælan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	ġehǣle	ġehǣlde
2nd singular	ġehǣlest ġehǣlst	ġehǣldest
3rd singular	ġehǣleþ ġehǣlþ	ġehǣlde
Plural	ġehǣlaþ	ġehǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular	ġehǣle	ġehǣlde
Plural	ġehǣlen	ġehǣlden

Non-finite forms of gehælan
	Form
Infinitive	ġehǣlan
Inflected infinitive	ġehǣlenne
Imperative singular	ġehǣl
Imperative plural	ġehǣlaþ
Present participle	ġehǣlende
Past participle	ġehǣled

All forms (16)

ġehǣle
ġehǣlde
ġehǣlest
ġehǣlst
ġehǣldest
ġehǣleþ
ġehǣlþ
ġehǣlaþ
ġehǣldon
ġehǣlen
ġehǣlden
ġehǣlan
ġehǣlenne
ġehǣl
ġehǣlende
ġehǣled

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gahailijan, from Proto-Germanic *gahailijaną; equivalent to ġe- + hǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gihēlian, Old High German giheilen, Gothic (gahailjan).

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