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a large room forming part of the residence of a great man, in which the social, public life of the household is carried on
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  • Hús

    domus,

    heall

    aulea,cavertún vestibulum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 82
      • :
    • ii. 8, 66
      • .

  • Hwearf þá tó healle . . . þæt hé ofer his ealdre gestód, ábeád for þǽre duguðe deóp ǽrende,

    • Az. 166
      • .

  • Swá swá ǽlces cynges háma; beóð sume on búre, sume on healle, sume on ódene,

    • Solil. H. 44, 19
      • .

  • Cyning sceal on healle beágas dǽlan

      (cf.
    • B. 1020 sqq.
      • ),
    • Gn. C. 28
      • :
    • Rä. 56, 13.

  • 'Miht þú mé árǽran on Rómánisce wísan cynelice gebytlu ? . . . Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde wyrcan þá healle . . . and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle . . . twelf hús tógædere,

    • Hml. S. 36, 91-99.
as the place for meals:
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  • Swylc þú æt swǽsendum sitte mid ðinum ealdormannum and þegnum on wintertíde, and sié fýr onǽled and þín heall gewyrmed

    (calido effecto cenaculo),

    • Bd. 2, 13
      • ;
    • Sch. 165, 18
      • .

  • Wæs þeós medoheal dreórfáh, eal bencþelu blóde bestýmed, heall heorudreóre,

    • B. 487
      • .

  • Healle

    cenaculi,

    • An. Ox. 5251
      • .

  • Tó healle gang Healfdenes sunu, wolde self cyning symbel þicgan,

    • B. 1009
      • .

  • Wé on bence . . . hæleð on healle,

    • By. 214
      • :
    • Dan. 729
      • .
as a sleeping-place for the retinue, the lord having his separate appartment (Cf. Hróðgár gewát tó hofe sínum rice tó ræste, 1236. Wæs tó búre Beówulf fetod, 1310):
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  • Sigon tó slǽpe . . . þá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord,

    • B. 1288
      • .
a residence, habitation of a great man, palace
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  • Þisse healle hornas ne byrnað,

    • Fin. 4
      • :
    • 20
      • .

  • Hé sæt ætforan þǽre healle dura (beforan þǽre healle, v. l.)

    residens ante palatium,

    • Bd. 2, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 155, 11
      • .

  • Manege scíran wurdon gedrehte þurh þæs cynges healle geweorc

    (through work at the king's hall)

    þe man on Westmynstre worhte (cf. se cyng . . . his híred innan his níwan gebyttlan æt Westmynstre heóld,

    • 1099
      • ;
    • P. 234, 34
      • ),
    • Chr. 1097
      • ;
    • P. 234, 8.

  • Waes hé tó þǽre fæderlican healle gelǽdd and þǽr gefédd

    auleis in paternis imbuebatur,

    • Guth. Gr. 107, 20
      • .

  • Ðé is leófre on ðissum wácum scræfum ðonne ðú on healle heálic biscop sitte

    (Bede's Latin is: Tui claustra deserti huic gradui (the episcopal) praefers),

    • Hml. Th. ii. 146, 28
      • .

  • Úre Scyppend . . . his gecorenan on þisum middanearde geágnað swá swá hláford his híred on his healle,

    • 72, 29
      • .

  • Þá eóde heó

    (queen Alexandria)

    on hire palatium, ꝥ is on hire healle,

    • Shrn. 75, 25
      • :
    • An. Ox. 4368
      • .

  • Ásettan healle hróffæste (cf. fæst hús timbrian,

    • Bt. 12
      • ;
    • F. 36, 10
      • )

    perennem ponere sedem,

    • Met. 7
      • , 6:
    • 11
      • .

  • Gif mon on níwne weall unádrúgodne micelne hróf and hefigne onsett, ðonne ne timbreð hé nó healle ac hryre

    (non habitaculum, sed ruina fabricatur),

    • Past. 383, 33
      • .

  • Se Hǽlend cóm intó þæs ealdres healle

    (in domum principis),

    • Mt. 9, 23
      • :
    • Sal. 380
      • .
figuratively:
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  • Wel Þé geríseð Þæt Þú heáfod sié healle mǽrre,

    • Cri. 4.
an official building,
a building for worship, a temple
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  • Wearðiað Dryhten in halle ðǽre hálgan his

    adorate Dominum in aula sancta ejus,

    • Ps. Srt. 28, 2.
a building for legal business, a court of law
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  • In ðæs giroefa halle ł mótern (on ꝥ dómern, W. S.)

    in praetorium,

    • Jn. L. R. 18, 28
      • .
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v. gegild-heall, heáh-heall, heofon-heall.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heall.” 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/52002.

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