† soul-heal Obs.
[f. soul n. 19 + heal n. Cf. WFris. sieleheil, Flem. zieleheil, G. seelenheil, † seelheil.]
= next. a. With possessive pronoun.
| [c 825 in O.E. Texts 443 Fore uncerra saula hela & uncerra bearna.] a 1300 Cursor M. 25168 For vr praier es vnlele And askes gains vr saul hele. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vi. 22, I haue..souht goode seyntes for my soule hele. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiii. (George) 378 For dout of dede, ful fele reneyt god & þare saule-hele. 1418 in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. I. 4 Ȝe desire principaly vertuous lyvyng and ȝour sowle heele. c 1440 Alph. Tales 146, I trow ye be in dispayr of my sawle heale. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 74 Gif ȝe pleis ony thing for to deill, Into Almus, for my weill and Saull heill. |
b. In general sense.
| [a 1225 Ancr. R. 182 (MS. C.) Þus is sicnesse saulene heale.] 13.. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. xxxvii. 355 Þou spekest of wraþþe in þi tale And seist hit is aȝeyn soule⁓hale. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xviii. (Egiptian) 323 Lowyt mot our lorde be þat purchesis þus saule-hele! 1390 Gower Conf. I. 29 Adrian..preith the grete Charlemeine, For Cristes sake and Soule hele [etc.]. 1429 Acts Privy Council III. 331 If ony man wol oonly of devocion and for soule heele goo overe in þ⊇ said expedicion. c 1440 Jacob's Well 156 Ȝif men teche hem soule-hele, þei scornyn hem. c 1550 Copland Hye Way to Spyttel Ho. 284 Methynk it is a great soule-heale To help them. |