Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

healand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: healand
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who heals or saves; a saviour.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] and the Saviour was to them touchingly, as he is to the Germans to this day, the Healand, the " Healing " one."
"The Old English word for Jesus was healend, one who heals, or the Savior."

Etymology

From Middle English healend, from Old English hǣlend (“Jesus”, literally “healer or savior”), equivalent to heal + -and. Cognate with Dutch Heiland (“Saviour, Christ”), German Heiland (“Saviour, Redeemer”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: healend, hǣlend
Suffix: heal

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

healands (plural) healend (alternative)

Questions

What does healand mean?: One who heals or saves; a saviour.
Where does healand come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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