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Meaning of hallow in English:
hallow
Pronunciation /'hal??/
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verb
[with object]
1Honour as holy.
‘the Ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river’
1.1Make holy; consecrate.
‘the priest hallowed the wine’
noun
archaic
A saint or holy person.
Origin
Old English hālgian (verb), hālga (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German heiligen, also to holy.
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Forms: Usually in plural hallows. Forms: Old English hálga, feminine hálge, Middle English hal?e, hal?ie, hale?e, hali?, etc.; also Middle English halwe, halewe, Middle English halu, Middle English–1500s halow(e, etc. Plural: α. Old English hálgan, Middle English hal?en, Middle English halechen, Middle English hale?(h)en, Orm. hall?henn, alhen; also Middle English halwen, halewen (Middle English haluwen, Middle English hawen), Middle English halowen. β. Middle English halhe, Middle English halwe. γ. Middle English hal?hes, hal?his, hali?his, haly?hs, Middle English halo?h(e)s; also Middle English halwes, Middle English ( alwes), hal(e)wis, halouys, hawlouys, halus, Middle English halowis, halous(e, halowse, Middle English–1500s halow(e)s, Middle English halewes, halewoes, ( aleues), 1500s– hallows, (1500s–1600s hallowes).(Show Less)
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Etymology: Old English hálga , definite form of hálig, adjective, holy (se hálga , seo hálge , the holy (man, woman), ?a hálgan the holy ones), used at length as an ordinary weak noun. (Compare German der heilige , die heiligen , Latin sanctus , Italian santo , French saint .) The -en plural was retained in the south during the Middle English period, while halwes appeared in the midlands and north before 1300. In the radical form hálig , the á became regularly ō , and the ig became -y ; but in hálga the consonant group caused shortening of the á to a , and the g before a back-vowel produced w , between which and the l was developed o , as in arrow , widow , etc. Compare hallow v.1(Show Less)
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1. A holy personage, a saint adj. and n. (Little used after 1500, and now preserved only in All-Hallows n. and its combinations.)
a885 Will of Alfred in Earle Land Ch. 148 On godes naman and on his haligra.
c1000 AElfric Homilies II. 142 Cu?berhtus se halga si??an gefremode mihtiglice wundra on ?am mynstre wunigende.
c1000 AElfric Lives Saints (E.E.T.S.) II. 52 Swa swa seo halige [St. Mary] aer foresaede.
1154 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1137 §5 Hi saeden openlice ?aet crist slep & his halechen.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6009 Bitwenenn godess hall?henn.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 5 Ure louerd wile cume and alle his hale?en mid him.
a1225 Juliana 76 As hit deh alhen [MS. B. halhe] to donne.
1230 Hali Meid. 19 Dream..?at nane halwes ne mahen.
a1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 217 Imennesse of haluwen.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 53/227 Hei? halewe in heouene is.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 82 Grete halwe..As Seynt Cristyne & Seynt Fey.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 233 Mony ys the holy halwe, that her y bured ys.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 255 Ye relykes of halewen yfounde were.
13.. Sir Beues 1218 (MS. A.) Deliure a ?ef fro ?e galwe, He ?e hate?after be alle halwe! [v.rr. alle halowse, al halowes].
c1325 Prose Psalter li[i]. 9 In ?e sy?t of ?yn halwen.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 182 I vowe to Saynt Michael, & tille halwes ?at are.
1340 R. Rolle Psalter v. 15 Ymange aungels & haloghs.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5119 Alle his halghes sal with him come.
a1375 (?c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 371 To crist & to hal alwes.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 48 Acursed of god of fraunseis and of alle hawen.
? a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. A chirche of al halwen..oure Lady is after Crist cheef halwe of al mankynde.
a1400 (?a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 22592 Es na hagie [Gott halu, Trin. Camb. halwe, Vesp. halus] vndir ?e heuin.
a1400 (?a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10402 Of halus hei in heuen blis.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 60 Him ?ai honoure and wirschepes before all o?er halowes.
c1405 (?c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l.14 To ferne halwes [v.r. halowes] kouthe in sondry londes.
a1425 (?a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 29549 It takes him fro ?e cumpany Of halows.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxlvii. 133 Ayenst god and alle hise halwen.
c1440 Sir Gowther 380 Yet may she sum good halowe seche.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xix. 418 I swere to you, sire, by all halowen.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 99 I swere you vpon all halowes.
1553 T. Becon Relikes of Rome (1563) 238 Martyrs, Confessours, and virgines, and the halowes of God.
1647 Polit. Ballads (1860) I. 67 Watson, thee I long to see By God, and by the Hallowes.
[1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. 284 Men said openly that Christ slept and His hallows. (See quot. 1154.)]
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a. In plural applied to the shrines or relics of saints; the gods of the heathen or their shrines.In the phrase to seek hallows, to visit the shrines or relics of saints; originally as in sense 1, the saints themselves being thought of as present at their shrines. Cf. quot. c1440 at sense 1.
c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 3 ?o menn ?e halle? gode behaten god te donne, o?er hal?e to sechen.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1310 Sche sekith halwis & doth sacryfise.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxvi. 552 I wylle..that ye bere wyth you the halowes for to make theym swere thervpon.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1636 Right is over the fallows Gone to seke hallows.
c1540 (??a1400) Destr. Troy 650 Swiftly to sweire vpon swete haloghes.
c1540 (??a1400) Destr. Troy 10948 With Sacrifice solemne [?ai] soghten ?ere halowes.
1541 Schole House of Women sig. B.ii On pylgrymage, then must they go, To wylesdon, barkyng, or some halowes.
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b. holy of hallows: see holy adj. and n.
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hallow- in combinations (chiefly in Scottish) is used for All-Hallows n. = All Saints'-, in Hallow-day n., Halloween n., Hallowmas n., Hallow-tide n.
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hallow-fair n. a fair or market held at Hallowmas.
1795 D. Macpherson in Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. I. Gloss. Halow-fair is held on the day of all saints.
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hallow-fire n. a bonfire kindled on All-hallow-e'en, an ancient Celtic observance.
1799 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XXI. 145 (Jam.) But now the hallow fire, when kindled, is attended by children only.
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