Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Middle English form of heal.
  • A Middle English form of heal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To hide; to cover; to roof.
  • noun obsolete Health; welfare.

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  • verb Alternative form of heal.
  • verb transitive To hide or conceal; keep secret; cover.
  • verb transitive To cover with or in (slates, tiles, etc.); roof.
  • verb intransitive To practise concealment; keep a secret; keep silence.

Etymologies

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From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan ("to conceal, cover, hide", strong verb) and helian ("to conceal, cover, hide", weak verb), from Proto-Germanic *helanan (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”), *haljanan (“to hull, conceal”), both from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to hide”). Cognate with Scots heal ("to cover, hide, conceal"), Eastern Frisian hela ("to conceal"), Dutch helen ("to conceal"), German hehlen ("to conceal"). More at heal.

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  • (obsolete) To hide or conceal.

    September 3, 2008

  • See also helan.

    November 16, 2008