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Heall

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1 heall

f. A hall, residence :-- Heall aula, Ælfc. Gl. 61, 107; Som. 78, 89; Wrt. Voc. 58, 4. Mycel and rúm heall atrium, 109; Som. 79, 21; Wrt. Voc. 58, 61. Seó heall ðæs Hálgan Gástes the residence of the Holy Ghost, Blickl. Homl. 163, 13. Heal, Beo. Th. 2307; B. 1151. On his ðære hálgan healle in aula sancta ejus, Ps. Th. 95, 8, Hé dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle loud merriment he heard in the hall, Beo. Th. 178; B. 89: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 1; Dan. 719. Hie tó his healle ne tó his híréde eft wendan noldan they would not return to his [Nero's] residence nor household, Blickl. Homl. 173, 18. On cynges healle in the king's hall, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7, 8: L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 17. Ða heofenlícan healle innférde entered the heavenly hall, Homl. Th, i. 52, 20. [O. Sax. halla: Icel. höll: O. H. Ger. halla aula, palatium, templum: Ger. halle.] DER. gif-, medo-heall. heall
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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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