Old English · noun

hælþ

Normalised hǣlþ

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /xæːlθ/
[hæːɫθ]
Syllables: xæːlθ (1 syllable)
Modern English: health cure healing

Meaning

health
healing, cure

Declension

Declension of hælþ
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hǣlþ	hǣlþa hǣlþe
Accusative	hǣlþe	hǣlþa hǣlþe
Genitive	hǣlþe	hǣlþa
Dative	hǣlþe	hǣlþum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, hale”). Equivalent to hāl + -þ. Cognate with Old High German heilida.

Descendants

health

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