Halan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - halan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

halan
Substitute for 'halan . . . afterbirth': hala, an ; m. The after-birth; secundae, secundina (cf. cild-hama secundae, Wlck. Gl. 159, 31 : secundina pellis in qua concipitur infans, 677, 42), and add: [cf. O. H. Ger. halu tegmine.] halan
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