Heal

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hal, es;

heal

m. n.[?] A corner, an angle, a secret place[?] :-- Heal oððe hyrne angulus, Wrt. Voc. 80, 73. Ǽlc wag biþ gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale duplex semper est in angulis paries, Past. 35, 5; Swt. 245, 13. Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar, Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22. On halum in abditis, Ps. Spl. 16, 13. [Cf. we beth honted from hale to hurne, Pot. Songs Wrt. 150, 17. In one swiþe diȝele hale, O. and N. 2.] heal