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heall

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
heall, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§64; §367;
A stone, rock
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  • Þám strengestan(-e, MS.) stáne, healle

    robustissim petre

      (
    • cf. Mt. 7, 24
    • ),
    • An. Ox. 4111
    • .
    ¶ in place names, as the name of a person. Cf.Icel. Hallr: In halles burge, C. D. iii. 377, 24.
  • Heallingwara mearc wið Halles meres,

    • 400, 27
    • .
  • In locum qui dicitur halles meri,

    • 386, 24
    • .
  • Cf. In loco ubi nominatur Hallingas,

    • i. 194, 15

    (the last two passages are parts of the same charter).

    De Heallingan,

    • 264, 11
    • .
  • Hallinga homme, weallan,

    • iii. 389, 7, 19
  • (the last three occur in the same charter, which refers to Halhagan). The word is used also as a proper name.
Etymology
[
Goth. hallus petra
:
Icel. hallr a rock, boulder.
]
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v. heal-stán.
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  • heall, n.