heill
Heill is a term found in Germanic-language contexts with several related uses. It is most widely attested in Old Norse and its descendant Icelandic, where it functions as an adjective meaning “sound, healthy, whole” and occurs in idioms and compounds referring to wellbeing and safety. The form is a cognate of English hale and German heil, all tracing back to Proto-Germanic *hailaz, meaning health or salvation.
In Old Norse and Icelandic texts, heill appears in phrases such as heill ok sæll, meaning roughly
As a surname, Heill is rare but documented in some Scandinavian and diaspora records. It may appear
In linguistics and onomastics, heill is cited as evidence of the Germanic root related to health and
See also: hale; Heil; health; heath or health-related terms in Germanic languages.