heals

See also: Heals

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiːlz/
• Rhymes: -iːlz
• Homophone: heels

Verb

heals

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of heal

Noun

heals

1. plural of heal

Anagrams

• helas, leash, hales, Selah, Sahel, Saleh, sheal, shale, selah, Halse, halse, Hales, Shalë

Middle English

Noun

heals

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)

Old English

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halsaz. Cognate with Old Frisian hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Old Norse hals; and with Latin collum (“neck”), earlier collus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ͜ɑls/, [hæ͜ɑɫs]

Noun

heals m

1. neck
2. prow of a ship

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heals	healsas
accusative	heals	healsas
genitive	healses	healsa
dative	healse	healsum

Synonyms

• swēora

Derived terms

• fāmiġheals
• healsġebedda

Descendants

• Middle English: hals
  • English: halse, hawse
  • Scots: hause