heall

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ͜ɑll/, [hæ͜ɑɫ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hallu.

Noun

heall f (nominative plural healla)

1. a hall; residence
2. a large room forming part of a residence, in which the social and public affairs of the household are conducted

Declension

Declension of heall (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	heall	healla, healle
accusative	healle	healla, healle
genitive	healle	healla
dative	healle	heallum

Derived terms

• ġifhealle (“gift-hall”)
• meoduhealle (“mead-hall”)

Descendants

• Middle English: halle, hall, hal, hale, alle, hawle, haule
  • English: hall (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: haw
  • Yola: haul

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *halluz. Cognate with Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ) whence Old Norse hallr.

Noun

heall m (nominative plural heallas)

1. a stone; rock

Declension

Declension of heall (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	heall	heallas
accusative	heall	heallas
genitive	healles	healla
dative	healle	heallum

Derived terms

• healstān

Yola

Noun

heall

1. Alternative form of heale
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:

     Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."

     Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96