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wan-hál

  • adjective
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wan-hál, adj.
Imperfect as regards health or soundness of body, weak, sick, maimed, infirm, unsound
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  • Wanhál

    inbecillis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 23.
  • Betere ðé ys ðæt ðú gá wanhál

    (debilis)

    oððe healt tó lífe,
      Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8: Mk. Skt. 9, 43.
  • Hú God mæ̂rsodon swá oft swá ǽnig wanhál mann wurde gehǽled,

      Homl. Skt. i. 21, 229.
  • Ðæt wanhál wæs and áléwed, ðæt gé áwurpan

    quod debile erat proicebatis,

      R. Ben. 51, 15.
  • Ðýæs ðe án wannhál scép ealle ða eówde besmíte,

      Homl. Th. i. 124, 32.
  • Swá hwylc man swá on gecynde óðerne wanhálne

    (debilem)

    dó,
      L. Ecg. C. 22 ; Th. ii. 148, 17.
  • Ða ðe limseóce wǽron, wérige, wanhále,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1159 ; An. 580.
  • Wonhále,

      Exon. Th. 92, 13; Cri. 1508.
  • Næs ðǽr wínes drenc búton wanhálum mannum,

      Homl. Th. ii. 506, 22: Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 202.
  • Hé wolde gehelpan þearfum and wanuhálum,

      26, 276: Elen. Kmbl. 2057 ; El. 1030.
  • Clypa þearfan and wanhále and healte and blinde

    uoca pauperes, debiles, clodos, caecos,

      Lk. Skt. 14, 13, 21.
Etymology
[Icel. wan-heill unsound, disabled, ill.]
Similar entries
v. wan-hǽle.
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v.  wan-hǽle.
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  • wan-hál, adj.