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Old English · adjective

unhal

Normalised unhāl

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈunˌxɑːl/
[ˈunˌhɑːl]
Syllables
ˈun · ˌxɑːl (2 syllables)
Modern English
unhaleunwholeunhealthyunsoundillinfirmweak

Meaning

  1. in bad health, sick, weak, ill, infirm, unhealthy, unsound

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:32

    they brought to him all the sick and those that were crazy

Declension

Strong declension of unhal
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative unhālunhālunhāl
Accusative unhālneunhāleunhāl
Genitive unhālesunhālreunhāles
Dative unhālumunhālreunhālum
Instrumental unhāleunhālreunhāle
Plural
Nominative unhāleunhālaunhāleunhāl
Accusative unhāleunhālaunhāleunhāl
Genitive unhālraunhālraunhālra
Dative unhālumunhālumunhālum
Instrumental unhālumunhālumunhālum
Weak declension of unhal
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative unhālaunhāleunhāle
Accusative unhālanunhālanunhāle
Genitive unhālanunhālanunhālan
Dative unhālanunhālanunhālan
Instrumental unhālanunhālanunhālan
Plural
Nominative unhālanunhālanunhālan
Accusative unhālanunhālanunhālan
Genitive unhālraunhālenaunhālraunhālenaunhālraunhālena
Dative unhālumunhālumunhālum
Instrumental unhālumunhālumunhālum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole, unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + hāl. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic (unhails).

Descendants

unhale, unwhole

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