heals

See also: Heals

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiːlz/
Rhymes: -iːlz
Homophone: heels

Verb

heals

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heal

Noun

heals

plural of heal

Anagrams

Hales, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, leash, selah, shale, sheal

Middle English

Noun

heals

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of hals (“neck, throat”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *halsaz.

Cognate with Old Frisian hals, Old Saxon hals, Old High German hals, Old Norse hals; and with Latin collum (“neck”), earlier collus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xæ͜ɑls/, [hæ͜ɑɫs]

Noun

heals m

neck
prow of a ship

Declension

Declension of heals (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	heals	healsas
accusative	heals	healsas
genitive	healses	healsa
dative	healse	healsum

Synonyms

swēora

Derived terms

healsġebedda

Descendants

Middle English: hals
- English: halse, hawse
- Scots: hause

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