hallow

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -æləʊ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæləʊ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈhæloʊ/ Rhymes: -ɒləʊ (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈhɑloʊ/ Homophone: hollow (father-bother merger) === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== hallow (plural hallows) (obsolete outside set phrases) 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"). (obsolete, in the plural) 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== hallow (third-person singular simple present hallows, present participle hallowing, simple past and past participle hallowed) (transitive) To make holy, to sanctify. ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:consecrate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer. ==== Alternative forms ==== halow, alow, a lo (obsolete) hallo, hollo ==== Verb ==== hallow (third-person singular simple present hallows, present participle hallowing, simple past and past participle hallowed) To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting. ==== Noun ==== hallow (plural hallows) A shout, cry; a hulloo. 1777, Robin Hood's Chase, reprinted in 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. === Etymology 4 === ==== Adjective ==== hallow (comparative more hallow, superlative most hallow) Alternative spelling of hollow. ===== Derived terms ===== == Scots == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle Scots hallow, from Middle English holwe. ==== Adjective ==== hallow hollow === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Middle English halwe, from Old English hālga. ==== Noun ==== hallow saint === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Middle English halwen, from Old English hālgian. ==== Verb ==== hallow to consecrate === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== hallow A bundle of straw. spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula) === References === “hallow, adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “hallow, adj., n.1, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “hallow, n.1.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “hallow, n.2.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “hallow, n.3.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. “hallow, n.3.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. “hallow, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.