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hǽl

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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hǽl, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§393; §419;
Health, safety, salvation, happiness; salus
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  • Seó hǽl cymeþ symle fram Gode

    salus a domino,

      Ps. Th. 36, 38.
  • Tó-dæg ðisse híwrǽdene ys hǽl geworden

    this day is salvation come to this house,

      Lk. Bos. 19, 9 : Homl. Th. i. 582, 5.
  • Cristes þénung is úre hǽl and folca álýsednys

    Christ's service is our salvation and the redemption of peoples,

    ii.
      586, 32.
  • Him cymþ gód hǽl

    good health will come to them,

      Lchdm. i. 342, 9.
  • Sý him hǽl

    Osanna,

      Mt. Kmbl. 21, 9.
  • Hrædlíce heora hǽle brúcaþ

    speedily they enjoy their health,

      Homl. Th. i. 510, 8.
  • Brúc ðisses beáges mid hǽle

    use this collar with good fortune,

      Beo. Th. 2438; B. 1217.
  • Héht hé Elenan hǽl ábeódan

    he bade them greet Elene,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2004; El 1003 : Beo. Th. 1311; B. 653.
  • Ðíne hǽle syle

    salutare tuum da,

      Ps. Th. 84, 6.
  • [Laym. heal : O. Sax. héli; f : Icel. heill; f. good, luck, happiness : O. H. Ger. heili; f. salus.] Cf. hǽl; n. and hǽlu.
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  • hǽl, n.