hælu
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailį̄, equivalent to hāl + -u.
Pronunciation
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”)
- unhǣlu (“bad health, sickness”)
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “'hǣlu'”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.