hælu
Old English
Alternative forms
- hǣlo
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hailī, equivalent to hāl + -u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxæː.lu/, [ˈhæː.lu]
Noun
hǣlu f
- sound physical or spiritual health
- salvation, a cure, healing
- welfare, well-being, prosperity
Derived terms
- hǣlubearn (“a child of salvation, i.e. the Savior”)
- hǣlutīd (“a happy time”)
Descendants
- Middle English: hele, hale, heale, heel, heele, hel, ȝel, ȝele; eale, hæle
- English: heal
- Scots: heal, hele
- Yola: heale, heal, hele, heall
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.