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whole, unbroken
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  • Se tægel sceolde beón gehál on þám nýtene æt þǽre offrunge,

      Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 3, 39.

  • Gif mon óðrum rib ofsleá binnan gehálre hýde,

      Ll. Th. i. 98, 11.
entire, sound, in good condition, uninjured
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  • Hire líchama wæs gefunden eal gehál,

      Chr. 798; P. 56, 33.

  • Þǽre kicenan getimbrung stód gehál and gesund (

    sanum

    ),
      Gr. D. 124, 14.

  • Ðǽra steorrena nán ne fylð of ðám rodere ðá hwíle ðe ðeós woruld wunað swá gehál,

      Hex. 14, 3.

  • Scearp sweord ðá wunde tósceát, and gǽð gehálre ecgge forð, Past. 453, 17. II a. of abstract objects :-- Ðeáh hí ðæt gód hira gecynde gehál nolden gehealdan, ðæt hí hit húru tóbrocen gebéten

    si accepta naturae bona integra servare noluerunt, saltem scissa resarciunt,

      Past. 403, 19.
complete, with no part wanting
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  • Ðæs mónan trendel is symle gehál and ansund,

      Lch. iii. 242, 4.

  • Ꝥ weorc stód gehál,

      Hml. S. 31, 1235.

  • Ne bæd hé nó ðæt hé hine fortýnde mid gehále wáge, ac hé bæd dura tó,

      Past. 275, 23.

  • Bróhte him se hræfn gehálne hláf,

      Shrn. 50, 14.

  • Gehál beren eár,

      Lch. ii. 54, 11.
undivided, not in pieces
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  • Ǽlc þára wuhta ðe him beón þencþ, ꝥ hit þencþ ætgædere beón, gehál, undǽled,

      Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 27.

  • Wyrc swá hit man gehál forswelgan mæge,

      Lch. i. 354, 6.
healthy
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  • Hé (

    a leper

    ) wearð hál and cóm tó Martine mid gehálre hýde,
      Hml. S. 31, 568.
safe
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  • Sé ðe gehálne (

    salvum

    ) gedó,
      Ps. Spl. 7, 2.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-hails.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-hál.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/48214.

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