wan-hāl

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wan-hāl, adj: imperfect as regards health or soundness of body; weak, sick, maimed, infirm. (WAHN-HALL / ˈwan-ˌhaːl)

A barefoot person walks supported by a crutch under one arm in a medieval manuscript.
Rothschild Canticles; Flanders or the Rhineland, c. 1300; Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 404, f. 87v. [collections.library.yale.edu]

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