Old English · noun

heals

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /xæ͜ɑls/
[hæ͜ɑɫs]
Syllables: xæ͜ɑls (1 syllable)
Modern English: halse hawse neck prow

Meaning

neck
prow of a ship

Declension

Declension of heals
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	heals	healsas
Accusative	heals	healsas
Genitive	healses	healsa
Dative	healse	healsum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halsaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Old Norse hals; and with Latin collum (“neck”), earlier collus.

Descendants

halse, hawse

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