hele – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of hele

Noun: hele
Sg.hele
Pl.heles; helen

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • [...] ‘I shal my-self to herbes techen yow, (That shul ben for your hele, and for your prow;’ [...]
  • … ‘I shall myself guide you to herbs,
  • That shall be for your health and for your benefit;’ …) [late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4139-4140]

Etymology

From Old English hǣlu, hǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *hailī. Compare helen and hol (“whole”). See: Old English Nouns 'hǣlu'.

Verbs referencing "hele"

English Nouns heel.

Translations