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healand

noun

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”).

  1. inherited from hǣlend
  2. inherited from healend

Definitions

  1. One who heals or saves

    One who heals or saves; a saviour.

    • […] 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.

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