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healand

healand noun: one who heals or saves; a saviour.

Noun

healand (plural healands)

  1. (obsolete) 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.1867, Maximilian Schele de Vere, Studies in English
    • The Old English word for Jesus was healend, one who heals, or the Savior.2011, Roy Blount Jr., Alphabetter Juice

Forms of healand

pluralhealands
alternative formhealend

Origin of healand

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”).

Questions about healand

What does healand mean?
Healand means one who heals or saves; a saviour.
What part of speech is healand?
Healand is a noun.
What is the plural of healand?
The plural of healand is healands.

Words near healand in the dictionary

  1. heal-all
  2. heal-alls
  3. healability
  4. healable
  5. healall
  6. healand
  7. healands
  8. Healaugh
  9. heald
  10. Heald Green
  11. healded

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