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hallow
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æl??
- (UK) IPA(key): /?hæl??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?hælo?/
- Rhymes: -?l??
- (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /?h?lo?/
- Homophone: hollow (in dialects with the father-bother merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English halwe (“a saint, holy thing, shrine”), from Old English h?lga (“a holy one, saint”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóylos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Scots halow, hallow (“saint”), German Heilige (“saint”). 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
- All Hallows
- Hallow-day
- hallowdom
- hallowed
- Halloween, Hallow-eve
- Hallow-fair
- Hallowmas, Hallowmass
- Hallow-tide
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English halwen (“to hallow, sanctify”), from Old English h?lgian (“to hallow, sanctify, make holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailag?n? (“to make holy”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóylos (“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.
- c 1599, William Shakespeare, s:The Life of Henry the Fifth, Act 1, Scene II
- ...I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.
- c 1599, William Shakespeare, s:The Life of Henry the Fifth, Act 1, Scene II
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:consecrate
Derived terms
- behallow
- hallowed
- hallower
- rehallow
- unhallow
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ?al? (“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.
- I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.
- 1777, Robin Hood's Chase, reprinted in
Etymology 4
Adjective
hallow (comparative more hallow, superlative most hallow)
- Alternative spelling of hollow
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bless
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: bl?s, IPA(key): /bl?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English blessen, from Old English bletsian (“to consecrate (with blood)”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?dis?n (“to sprinkle, mark or hallow with blood”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þ? (“blood”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to bloom”). Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“to bless”) (whence Icelandic blessa), Old English bl?dan (“to bleed”). More at bleed.
Verb
bless (third-person singular simple present blesses, present participle blessing, simple past and past participle blest or blessed)
- To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
- To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
- To invoke divine favor upon.
- To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
- To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
- (obsolete) To wave; to brandish.
- (Perl programming, transitive, past tense only blessed) To turn (a reference) into an object.
- (archaic, with from) To secure, defend, or prevent from.
Antonyms
- curse
- condemn
- (programming): unbless
Derived terms
- bless someone's cotton socks
- bless someone's heart
Related terms
- blessed
- blessing
- bleed
- blood
Translations
Etymology 2
An ellipsis for an expression such as bless your heart.
Interjection
bless
- (Britain, Canada, informal) Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
- 1998, "Peter Coffey", New Alternative View Of Atomic Structure, sci.chem, Usenet:
- Ah bless! You must be the welcoming committee for anyone who dares express ignorance.
- 2000, "Hellraiser", a post in uk.people.teens, Usenet:
- oh bless. *hug* that is not true. nobody here bears a grudge against 13 year old dear or against you.
- 2001, "Will", Am I still here?, uk.religion.pagan, Usenet:
- Aw bless... have white chocolate fudge muffin....a new batch.... made them last night after Nigella....
- 1998, "Peter Coffey", New Alternative View Of Atomic Structure, sci.chem, Usenet:
Anagrams
- ESBLs, slebs
Icelandic
Interjection
bless
- goodbye, bye
Synonyms
- bless bless
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Compare Danish blis, Swedish bläs, Old Norse blys, blesóttr.
Noun
bless
- mask
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