heleful

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • heelful, heelfull, helefuille, helefull, helful, helfull

Etymology

From hele +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːl(ə)ful/

Adjective

heleful (plural and weak singular heelfulle)

  1. Healthful; wholesome.
    • 1966, John Trevisa, Robert Reilly, A Middle English Summary of the Bible:
      Heelful sacrifice and preyer for synnes is to take hede to Þe comandementis and to depart fro vnrigtwisnes.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • English: healful
  • Scots: heleful, heilful
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