hæle

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (to hide, conceal), cognate with German hehlen (to fence) and Dutch helen (to fence).

Verb

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hæle (imperative hæl, infinitive at hæle, present tense hæler, past tense hælede, perfect tense har hælet)

  1. to fence (to sell stolen goods as a middleman)
Inflection
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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hæle c

  1. indefinite plural of hæl

Middle English

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Noun

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hæle

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of hele (health)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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hæle (imperative and present tense hæl, passive hæles, simple past hælte, past participle hælt)

  1. to heel; to add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
  2. to bear, endure, stand, tolerate

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxæ.le/, [ˈhæ.le]

Noun

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hæle m (poetic)

  1. hero
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8[1]:
      Saga hwæt iċ hātte, þe swā scireniġe scēawendwīsan hlūde onhyrġe, hæleþum bodie wilcumena fela wōþe mīnre.
      Say what I am called, who as actress loudly imitate a jester song, proclaim many welcome guests as heroes with my voice.
  2. man
  3. warrior

Usage notes

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  • 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

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þ-stem
a-stem

Descendants

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  • Middle English: heleð, haleð, hæleð; hathel (conflation with athel (nobleman))

References

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  1. ^ Adamczyk, Elżbieta (2018). Reshaping of the Nominal Inflection in Early Northern West Germanic. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins. p. 222