healt

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *halt, from Proto-Germanic *haltaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑlt/, [hæ͜ɑɫt]

Adjective

healt

  1. lame, limping
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      Fif and twentiġ manna myslīċe ġeuntrume cōmon tō þām hālgan heora hǣle biddende; sum wǣron blinde, sume wǣron healte, sume ēac dēafe, and dumbe ēac sum and hī ealle wurdon ānes dæġes ġehǣlede þurh þæs hālgan þingunge and him hām ġewendon.
      Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.

Declension

Declension of healt — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative healt healt healt
Accusative healtne healte healt
Genitive healtes healtre healtes
Dative healtum healtre healtum
Instrumental healte healtre healte
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative healte healta, healte healt
Accusative healte healta, healte healt
Genitive healtra healtra healtra
Dative healtum healtum healtum
Instrumental healtum healtum healtum
Declension of healt — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative healta healte healte
Accusative healtan healtan healte
Genitive healtan healtan healtan
Dative healtan healtan healtan
Instrumental healtan healtan healtan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative healtan healtan healtan
Accusative healtan healtan healtan
Genitive healtra, healtena healtra, healtena healtra, healtena
Dative healtum healtum healtum
Instrumental healtum healtum healtum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: halt
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