p. -hæl, pl. -hǽlon; pp. -holen To conceal, hide, cover up; cēlāre, occŭlere, tĕgĕre :-- Se ðe dearnenga bearn gestriéneþ and gehileþ [geheleþ MSS. B. H.] he who secretly begets a child and conceals it, L. In. 27; Th. í. 120, 2. Ic ðé háte ðæt ðú hí gehele and gehealde, óþ-ðæt ic wite hwæt God wylle te sĭlentio tĕgĕre vŏlo, dōnec sciam quid vēlit Deus, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 37. Woldon hí and wéndon dæt hí ðǽr mihton dígle and geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs unholdan cyninges occŭlendos se a făci rēgis victōris crēdĭdissent, 4, 16; S. 584, 25. ge-helan