hælan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailijan.

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian hēla, Old Saxon hēlian (Low German helen), Dutch helen, Old High German heilen (German heilen), Old Norse heila (Danish hele, Swedish hela), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hailjan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxæː.lɑn/, [ˈhæː.lɑn]

Verb

hǣlan

  1. to heal
  2. to cure
  3. to save
  4. to allay or remove anxiety
  5. to hail

Conjugation

Conjugation of hǣlan (weak, class 1)
infinitive hǣlan hǣlenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular hǣle hǣlde
second person singular hǣlest, hǣlst hǣldest
third person singular hǣleþ, hǣlþ hǣlde
plural hǣlaþ hǣldon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular hǣle hǣlde
plural hǣlen hǣlden
imperative
singular hǣl
plural hǣlaþ
participle present past
hǣlende (ġe)hǣled

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: helen
    • English: heal
      • → Dutch: healen
    • Scots: heal
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