helth

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Middle English

Noun

helth

  1. cure, remedy [11th-15th c.]
    • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum XI”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XVII, [London: [] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [], London: David Nutt, [], 1889, →OCLC:
      And she myght have a dysshfulle of bloode of a maydyn and a clene virgyne in wylle and in worke, and a kynges doughter, that bloode sholde be her helth, for to anoynte her withall.