HÉLA

Old English Dictionary Entry

HÉLA

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hǽla, an; Related words:

Definitions

1 HÉLA

m. The HEEL :-- Héla calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hél calcaneum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18. Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th. 55, 6. Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ if the woman steps with the heels, Lchdm. iii. 144, 14. [O. Frs. héla, heila: Icel. hǽll.] hela

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