gehælan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gahailijan, from Proto-Germanic *gahailijaną; equivalent to ġe- +‎ hǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gihēlian, Old High German giheilen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahailjan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈxæː.lɑn/, [jeˈhæː.lɑn]

Verb

ġehǣlan

  1. to heal
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5‎[1]:
      Nǣfre lǣċecynn on folcstede findan meahte, þāra þe mid wyrtum wunde ġehǣlde,…
      I could never find physicians on a battlefield, who would heal a wound with herbs,…
  2. to cure
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode.
      He saw then that no doctor could cure him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.
  3. to save
    ġehǣlan middanġeard
    to save the world
  4. to allay or remove anxiety
  5. to hail

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġehǣlan (weak, class 1)
infinitive ġehǣlan ġehǣlenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular ġehǣle ġehǣlde
second person singular ġehǣlest, ġehǣlst ġehǣldest
third person singular ġehǣleþ, ġehǣlþ ġehǣlde
plural ġehǣlaþ ġehǣldon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular ġehǣle ġehǣlde
plural ġehǣlen ġehǣlden
imperative
singular ġehǣl
plural ġehǣlaþ
participle present past
ġehǣlende ġehǣled

References

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