Old English · verb

hælan

Normalised hǣlan

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 1
IPA: /ˈxæː.lɑn/
[ˈhæː.lɑn]
Syllables: ˈxæː · lɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English: heal allay

Meaning

to heal
to cure
to save
to allay or remove anxiety
to hail

Conjugation

Conjugation of hælan
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	hǣle	hǣlde
2nd singular	hǣlest hǣlst	hǣldest
3rd singular	hǣleþ hǣlþ	hǣlde
Plural	hǣlaþ	hǣldon
Subjunctive
Singular	hǣle	hǣlde
Plural	hǣlen	hǣlden

Non-finite forms of hælan
	Form
Infinitive	hǣlan
Inflected infinitive	hǣlenne
Imperative singular	hǣl
Imperative plural	hǣlaþ
Present participle	hǣlende
Past participle	hǣled ġehǣled

All forms (17)

hǣle
hǣlde
hǣlest
hǣlst
hǣldest
hǣleþ
hǣlþ
hǣlaþ
hǣldon
hǣlen
hǣlden
hǣlan
hǣlenne
hǣl
hǣlende
hǣled
ġehǣled

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailijan. Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian hēla, Old Saxon hēlian (Low German helen), Dutch helen, Old High German heilen (German heilen), Old Norse heila (Danish hele, Swedish hela), Gothic (hailjan).

Descendants

heal

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