Middle English Dictionary Entry
Hēlend n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Hēlend n. Also healend, healent, hælend, halende. |
| Etymology | OE hǣlend |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The Savior, Jesus Christ; also, God the Father.
Associated quotations
- a1150(c1125) Vsp.D.Hom.Fest.Virg.(Vsp D.14)21/57 : Se ængel..gewiterede heo hwu heo wæs þan hælende to moder gecoren.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)20/32 : Heo sæden be þam soðan Hælende þat he alle ðing wat.
- c1200 Wor.Serm.in EGSt.7 (Wor Q.29)99 : For vre helend is iboren ine betleem.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)2216 : He seȝȝde..tatt ȝho shollde nemmnenn himm Jesus, þatt iss Hælennde.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)3 : Þa wes hit cud ouer al þe burh þet þe helind wes þiderward.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)237 : Ure halende wes accenned of þam unwemmede mede sante Marie.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)9144 : Þat scolde beon i-haten Hælend [Otho: Helare].
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)21/31 : An hwælche wise ic mihte betst sahtlin wið mine halend Criste.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Kath.(1) (Einenkel)612 : Þis meiden..bitahte al hire feht in hire healendes hond.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)8/25 : Ich hehe..heh-feader, healent in heouene, & his deorwurðe sune, Iesu Crist hatte.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)46/25 : Buh þine earen, healent [Roy: healinde] godd, & bei to mine benen.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)61/7 : Ower deorewurðe spus þe luuewurðe lauerd, þe healent [Nero: helinde] of heouene iesu godd, godes sune.
- a1250 Creed (Blick 6864)p.138 : Ich geleue on þane fader alweldende..& on halende crist his anliche sune ure lhaferd.
- a1275 Doomsday (Trin-C B.14.39)4 : Louered helende, godis sone, wat scal me to rede?