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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole, unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + hāl. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (unhails).
Pronunciation
Adjective
unhāl
- in bad health, sick, weak, ill, infirm, unhealthy, unsound
- c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 1:32
hī brōhton tō him ealle þā unhālan and þā ðe wōde wǣron- they brought to him all the sick and those that were crazy
Declension
Declension of unhāl — Strong
Declension of unhāl — Weak
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