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hal

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hal, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §161; §426; §620;
A, secret place, a corner
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  • Ðá gemétte hé hine hleonian on ðam hale his cyrcan wið ðam weofode

    he found him leaning in the corner of his church against the altar,

      Guthl. 20; Gdwin. 82, 22.
  • On halum

    in abditis,

      Ps. Spl. 16, 13.
Etymology
[Cf. we beth honted from hale to hurne, Pol. Songs. Wrt. 150, 17. In one swiþe diȝele hale, O. and N. 2.]
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v. helan.
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  • hal, n.