heall

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xæ͜ɑll/, [hæ͜ɑɫ]

Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *hallu.

Noun

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heall f (nominative plural healla)

  1. a hall; residence
  2. a large room forming part of a residence, in which the social and public affairs of the household are conducted
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Descendants
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  • Middle English: halle, hall, hal, hale, alle, hawle, haule
    • English: hall (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: haw
    • Yola: haul

Etymology 2

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From Proto-West Germanic *hallu, from Proto-Germanic *halluz. Cognate with Proto-Norse ᚺᚨᛚᚨᛉ (halaʀ) whence Old Norse hallr.

Noun

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heall m (nominative plural heallas)

  1. a stone; rock
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Yola

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Noun

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heall

  1. Alternative form of heale
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 96:
      Drink a heall to a breede. "Shud with, a voorneen."
      Drink a health to the bride, "Here's to you, my dear."

References

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  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 96