weal 1
/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 WELL 1 ]
weal 2
/weel/ , n.
wheal.
[ var. of WALE 1 , with ea of WHEAL ]