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Hallow
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of hollow. alt-of, alternative
"If the sun were a hallow sphere of its present size and the earth were placed at the center[...]. Such a hallow sphere would hold more than a million balls the size of the earth."
- 1 A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
"All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day")."
- 2 A shout, cry; a hulloo.
"Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh."
- 3 The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods. in-plural, obsolete
"To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there."
- 1 To make holy, to sanctify. transitive
"[…]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause."
- 2 To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.
"[…] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government."
- 3 render holy by means of religious rites wordnet
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English halwe (“a saint, holy thing, shrine”), from Old English hālga (“a holy one, saint”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Scots halow, hallow (“saint”), German Heiliger (“saint (male)”) / Heilige (“saint (female)”). More at holy, whole.
Inherited from Middle English halwen (“to hallow, sanctify”), from Old English hālgian (“to hallow, sanctify, make holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną (“to make holy”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Dutch heiligen (“to hallow”), German heiligen (“to hallow”). More at holy.
Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer.
Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer.
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