healand

noun

1. One who heals or saves; a saviour.

   obsolete

   […] and the Saviour was to them touchingly, as he is to the Germans to this day, the Healand, the " Healing " one.

Where it comes from

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”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry healand (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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