haly
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Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
haly
- Alternative form of holy (“sacred”)
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English hali, holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
haly (comparative halier, superlative haliest)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- haliday (“holiday”)
- haliness (“holiness”)
- haly-hoo (“caul”)
- haly-muild (“burial ground”)
- halysome (“pleasant in manner, amiable”)
- Haly Willie (“sanctimonious person”)
- up-haly-aw, uphailiday (“the feast of the Epiphany on January 6”)
- uphaly nicht (“the evening of the Epiphany, twelfth-night”)