hæle
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Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Low German hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to hide, conceal”), cognate with German hehlen (“to fence”) and Dutch helen (“to fence”).
Verb[edit]
hæle (imperative hæl, infinitive at hæle, present tense hæler, past tense hælede, perfect tense har hælet)
- to fence (to sell stolen goods as a middleman)
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of hæle
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
hæle c
- indefinite plural of hæl
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
hæle
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hele (“health”)
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Verb[edit]
hæle (imperative and present tense hæl, passive hæles, simple past hælte, past participle hælt)
- to heel; to add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
- to bear, endure, stand, tolerate
Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *haliþ, from Proto-Germanic *haliþaz. Compare cognates: Old Norse halr (“hero, person”), hǫldr (“free-born, prominent yeoman”), also German Held (“hero”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hæle m (poetic)
Usage notes[edit]
- Hæle exhibits various inflectional endings that can be grouped into two separate declensions: a þ-stem declension, matching very few other words like ealu (“beer”), and an a-stem declension (including nom.-acc. sg. hæleþ), matching most masculine nouns.[1]
Declension[edit]
- þ-stem
Declension of hæle (consonant stem, irregular)
- a-stem
Declension of hæle (strong a-stem)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Adamczyk, Elżbieta (2018). Reshaping of the Nominal Inflection in Early Northern West Germanic. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. p. 222
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