Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
hallow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A saint.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
saint .
Etymologies
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Old English, from Anglo-Saxon. See holy, hallow.
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Examples
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Hy het 'n kierie in sy linkerhand gehad en wat vir my na' n halwe baksteen gelyk het in sy regterhand.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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For ðare hali mihte ðe cariteð is icleped ic ðe beseche ⁊ bidde ðat tu ðese halwe {n} de lore o {n} write sette. for ðan ic am michel þe {n} chi {n} d {e} ðar hwile ðe ic o {n} ðese wrecche lichame am wuniende. ⁊ ofte forȝete ðat me god {;} wære {60} te healde {n}. and ec sum oðer saule hit wile helpe {n}.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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