Old English · noun
hælu
Normalised hǣlu
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong īn-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxæː.lu/[ˈhæː.lu]
- Syllables
- ˈxæː · lu (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- welfarehealwell-beingphysicalcurehealingsalvation
Meaning
-
sound physical or spiritual health
-
salvation, a cure, healing
byþ nearu on brēostan, weorþeþ hī ðēah oft niþa bearnum tō helpe and tō hǣle ġehwæþre, ġif hī his hlystaþ ǣror.
Need is burdensome on breasts, however it often comes itself to be to the sons of men a help and a healing of each, if they hear it before.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem: -
welfare, well-being, prosperity
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hailī, equivalent to hāl + -u.
Descendants
heal
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