healand

H4E1A1L1A1N1D2

noun

One who heals or saves; a saviour.

OriginMiddle English healend ← Old English hǣlend →
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Meanings

nounhealand (plural healands)

plural healands · alternative healend

  1. obsoleteOne who heals or saves; a saviour.

    The Old English word for Jesus was healend, one who heals, or the Savior.

    2011, Roy Blount Jr., Alphabetter Juice
    1 more example

    […] 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

Origin

  1. Old Englishhǣlend“Jesus”
  2. Middle Englishhealend
  3. Englishhealand

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”).

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APA

healand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healand

MLA

“healand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healand. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “healand,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/healand.

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