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hale

adj
/heɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch halen), from Proto-Germanic *halōną (compare Old English ġeholian, West Frisian helje, German holen), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to lift”) (compare Latin ex-cellō (“to surpass”), Tocharian B käly- (“to stand, stay”), Albanian qell (“to halt, hold up, carry”), Lithuanian kélti (“to raise up”), Ancient Greek κελέοντες (keléontes, “upright beam on a loom”)). Doublet of haul.

  1. derived from *kelH-✻
  2. derived from *halōną✻
  3. derived from *halon✻
  4. derived from halen

Definitions

  1. Sound, entire, healthy

    Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

    • His stomach too begins to fail: / Last year we thought him strong and hale; / But now he's quite another thing: / I wish he may hold out till spring!

  2. Health, welfare.

    • Then let them vale a bonet of their proud ſayle, / And of their taunting toies reſt with il hayle.
    • Eftſoones all heedleſſe of his deareſt hale, / Full greedily into the heard he thruſt: / To ſlaughter them, and vvorke their finall bale, / Leaſt that his toyle ſhould of their troups be bruſt.

  3. To drag or pull, especially forcibly.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A topographic surname from Old English.

    2. A place name

      A place name:

    3. Acronym of high-altitude long-endurance

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA