healt

Old English

Alternative forms

• halt

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

• healtian
• hieltu

Descendants

• Middle English: halt, hallt (Ormulum), alte (Late Middle English)
  • English: halt (archaic)
  • Middle Scots: halt