An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Heiland

by Friedrich Kluge

Heiland, from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. heilant, m., ‘Saviour’; prop. a partic. of heilen (a being retained in the partic. derivative as in Weigand); the term is HG. and LG.; comp. OSax. hêliand, AS. hœ̂lend. In England, where it became obsolete as early as the 13th cent., the word, even in the older period, was never so deeply rooted as in Germany. In Goth. nasjands, AS. nergend.