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hallow¹
- /ˈhæləʊ/ UK
- /ˈhalo/ Scotland
- /ˈhæloʊ/ US
- /ˈhɑloʊ/ US, dialectal
Sounds like hollow (father-bother merger) · Rhymes with -æləʊ, -ɒləʊ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos
Proto-Germanic *hailaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-Germanic *hailagazder.
Proto-Germanic *hailagô
Proto-West Germanic *hailagō
Old English hālga
Middle English halwe
English hallow
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.
noun hallows
- 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").
- The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods. To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.
hallow²
- /ˈhæləʊ/ UK
- /ˈhalo/ Scotland
- /ˈhæloʊ/ US
- /ˈhɑloʊ/ US, dialectal
Sounds like hollow (father-bother merger) · Rhymes with -æləʊ, -ɒləʊ
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos
Proto-Germanic *hailaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-Germanic *hailagaz
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *hailagōną
Proto-West Germanic *hailagōn
Old English hālgian
Middle English halwen
English hallow
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.
verb hallows · hallowing · hallowed
- To make holy, to sanctify. […]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.
hallow³
- /ˈhæləʊ/ UK
- /ˈhalo/ Scotland
- /ˈhæloʊ/ US
- /ˈhɑloʊ/ US, dialectal
Sounds like hollow (father-bother merger) · Rhymes with -æləʊ, -ɒləʊ
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer.
verb hallows · hallowing · hallowed · halow · alow
- 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.
noun hallows · halow · alow · a lo · hallo · hollo
- 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.
hallow⁴
- /ˈhæləʊ/ UK
- /ˈhalo/ Scotland
- /ˈhæloʊ/ US
- /ˈhɑloʊ/ US, dialectal
Sounds like hollow (father-bother merger) · Rhymes with -æləʊ, -ɒləʊ
adjective more hallow · most hallow
- Alternative spelling of hollow.hollow 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.
