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Old English · adjective

hal

Normalised hāl

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/xɑːl/
[hɑːl]
Syllables
xɑːl (1 syllable)
Modern English
wholeintactundividedsoundhealthy

Meaning

  1. sound, healthy, intact

    Iosep axode hwæðer hira fæder wære hal.

    Joseph asked whether their father was well.

  2. whole, undivided

Declension

Strong declension of hal
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hālhālhāl
Accusative hālnehālehāl
Genitive hāleshālrehāles
Dative hālumhālrehālum
Instrumental hālehālrehāle
Plural
Nominative hālehālahālehāl
Accusative hālehālahālehāl
Genitive hālrahālrahālra
Dative hālumhālumhālum
Instrumental hālumhālumhālum
Weak declension of hal
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hālahālehāle
Accusative hālanhālanhāle
Genitive hālanhālanhālan
Dative hālanhālanhālan
Instrumental hālanhālanhālan
Plural
Nominative hālanhālanhālan
Accusative hālanhālanhālan
Genitive hālrahālenahālrahālenahālrahālena
Dative hālumhālumhālum
Instrumental hālumhālumhālum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole, intact, well-omened”). Cognate with Old Frisian hēl (West Frisian hiel), Old Saxon hēl (Low German hel, heel, heil) Dutch heel, geheel (“healthy”), Old High German heil (German heil (“healthy”)), Old Norse heill (Danish and Swedish hel (“whole”)), Gothic (hails), Vandalic eils. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic целъ (celŭ) (Russian це́лый (célyj, “whole, healthy”)), Ancient Greek κοῖλυ (koîlu, “goodness, beauty”), Welsh coel (“sign”).

Descendants

whole

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