Participles
| Present | ġehǣlende |
| Past | ġehǣled |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | ġehǣle |
| 2nd sing. | ġehǣlest; ġehǣlst |
| 3rd sing. | ġehǣleþ; ġehǣlþ |
| 1st plur. | ġehǣlaþ |
| 2nd plur. | ġehǣlaþ |
| 3rd plur. | ġehǣlaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġehǣlde |
| 2nd sing. | ġehǣldest |
| 3rd sing. | ġehǣlde |
| 1st plur. | ġehǣldon |
| 2nd plur. | ġehǣldon |
| 3rd plur. | ġehǣldon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | ġehǣle |
| 2nd sing. | ġehǣle |
| 3rd sing. | ġehǣle |
| 1st plur. | ġehǣlen |
| 2nd plur. | ġehǣlen |
| 3rd plur. | ġehǣlen |
Past
| 1st sing. | ġehǣlde |
| 2nd sing. | ġehǣlde |
| 3rd sing. | ġehǣlde |
| 1st plur. | ġehǣlden |
| 2nd plur. | ġehǣlden |
| 3rd plur. | ġehǣlden |
Imperative
| Singular | ġehǣl |
| Plural | ġehǣlaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'gehælan'
gehælan,
Verbs similar to 'gehælan'
gedælan,
gehæman,
gesælan,
bedælan,
gælan,
gebæran,
gefelan,
gehatan,
geholian,
gehydan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gahailijan, from Proto-Germanic *gahailijaną; equivalent to ġe- + hǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gihēlian, Old High German giheilen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gahailjan).
Sample Sentences
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Nǣfre lǣċecynn on folcstede findan meahte, þāra þe mid wyrtum wunde ġehǣlde,… (I could never find physicians on a battlefield, who would heal a wound with herbs,…) [10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5:]
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
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Hē ġesēah ðā þæt hine ne mihte nān lǣċe ġehǣlan, and sette his swurdes ord tōġēanes his innoðe, and fēol him on uppon, þæt him þurhēode. (He saw then that no doctor could cure him, and set the point of his sword against his stomach, and fell upon it, so that it ran him through.)
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ġehǣlan middanġeard (to save the world)
Cognates
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