weal

weal
weal1
/weel/, n.
1. well-being, prosperity, or happiness: the public weal; weal and woe.
2. Obs. wealth or riches.
3. Obs. the body politic; the state.
[bef. 900; ME wele, OE wela; akin to WELL1]
weal2
/weel/, n.
wheal.
[var. of WALE1, with ea of WHEAL]

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