hal

Pronunciation: /xɑːl/

“hal” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

sound, healthy, intact
whole, undivided

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole, intact, well-omened”). Cognate with Old Frisian hēl (West Frisian hiel), Old Saxon hēl (Low German hel, heel, heil) Dutch heel, geheel (“healthy”), Old High German heil (German heil (“healthy”)), Old Norse heill (Danish and Swedish hel (“whole”)), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), Vandalic eils.…

More Old English words

hagian
hagolstan
hagosteald
haguþorn
halbære
halettan
halfæst
Halga

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