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HÉLA

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
HÉLA, hǽla, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§118; §329;
The HEEL
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  • Héla

    calx,

    • Wrt. Voc. 283, 75.
  • Hél

    calcaneum,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18.
  • Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.]

    take hare's heel [lat. talum ],

    • Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16.
  • Heó gehýden hǽlun míne

    ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 6.
  • Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ

    if the woman steps with the heels,

    • Lchdm. iii. 144, 14.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. héla, heila
:
Icel. hǽll
.]
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v.  hǽla.
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  • HÉLA, n.