eldertongue

Old English · adjective

healt

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/xæ͜ɑlt/
[hæ͜ɑɫt]
Syllables
xæ͜ɑlt (1 syllable)
Modern English
haltlimpinglame

Meaning

  1. lame, limping

    Fif and twentiġ manna myslīċe ġeuntrume cōmon tō þām hālgan heora hǣle biddende; sum wǣron blinde, sume wǣron healte, sume ēac dēafe, and dumbe ēac sum and hī ealle wurdon ānes dæġes ġehǣlede þurh þæs hālgan þingunge and him hām ġewendon.

    Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

Declension

Strong declension of healt
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative healthealthealt
Accusative healtnehealtehealt
Genitive healteshealtrehealtes
Dative healtumhealtrehealtum
Instrumental healtehealtrehealte
Plural
Nominative healtehealtahealtehealt
Accusative healtehealtahealtehealt
Genitive healtrahealtrahealtra
Dative healtumhealtumhealtum
Instrumental healtumhealtumhealtum
Weak declension of healt
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative healtahealtehealte
Accusative healtanhealtanhealte
Genitive healtanhealtanhealtan
Dative healtanhealtanhealtan
Instrumental healtanhealtanhealtan
Plural
Nominative healtanhealtanhealtan
Accusative healtanhealtanhealtan
Genitive healtrahealtenahealtrahealtenahealtrahealtena
Dative healtumhealtumhealtum
Instrumental healtumhealtumhealtum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz.

Descendants

halt

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