Hel, hæl

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hel, hæl

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(?, for form cf. tæl, tel), es;

hel, hæl
m. A hidden spot (f), a shelter (f) :-- Tó Dudemǽres hele; of Dudemǽres hele, C. D. vi. 171, 5: 76, 26. On Ecgerdes hel ufeweardne, iii. 48, 16. [Cf. From her frendes hy stelen And gon to wode and maken hem helen, And crepen thereinne, Alis. 4959. Heal a hidden spot; a shelter, D. D.] hell,helle,hæl,hel
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