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hǽlend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hǽlend, hélend, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§418; §601;
A healer, Saviour, Jesus
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  • Se Hǽlend ðe is genemned Crist

    Iesus qui vocatur Christus,

      Mt. Bos. 1, 16.

  • Ðú nemst hys naman Hǽlend. Hé sóþlíce hys folc hál gedéþ fram hyra synnum

    vocabis nomen ejus Iesum; ipse enim salvum faciet populum suum a peccatis eorum,

      1, 16.

  • Iesus is on Léden Saluator and on Englisc Hǽlend

    Jesus is in Latin Salvator and in English healer,

      Homl. Th. ii. 214, 22 : i. 94, 27 : Shrn. 47, 28.

  • Hǽlend Crist

    Jesus Christ,

      Homl. Th. i. 420, 32.

  • Ðú eart sóþ hélend

    thou art the true Saviour,

      Hy. Grn. 8, 16.
Etymology
[Laym. hælend (and MS. helare) : Orm. hælennde : O. Sax. héliand : O. H. Ger. heilant : Ger. heiland.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hǽlend.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17889.

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  • hǽlend, n.

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