HEALT

Old English Dictionary Entry

HEALT

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 HEALT

adj. HALT, lame, limping :-- Healt claudus, Wrt. Voc. 75, 35. Gif hé healt weorþ if he become lame, L. Ethb. 65; Th. i. 18, 14. Hæfdon him tó ládteówe ǽnne wísne mon, þéh hé healt wǽre and him tó gielpworde hæfdon ðæt him leófre wǽre ðæt hie hæfdon healtne cyning ðonne healt ríce they had as their leader a wise man though he was lame, and made it their boast that they had rather the king halted than the kingdom, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 96, 28-31: Mt. Kmbl. 18, 8. Him tó eodan blinde and healte the blind and halt went to him, Blickl. Homl. 71, 21: Nicod. 2; Thw. 1, 29: Elen. Kmbl. 2427; El. 1215: Andr. Kmbl. 1155; An. 578. [Goth. halts: O. Sax. O. Frs. halt: Icel. haltr: O. H. Ger. halz.] healt

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