hele

See also Hele

English

Alternative forms

• heal

Etymology

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 *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”), *haljaną (“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.

Verb

hele (third-person singular simple present heles, present participle heling, simple past hole or heled, past participle holen or heled)

1. Alternative form of heal.
2. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To hide or conceal; keep secret; cover.
   • 1893, Robert Steele, Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus^[1], edition Online, Gutenberg Project, published 2004:

     … the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main.

3. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cover with or in (slates, tiles, etc.); roof.
4. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To practise concealment; keep a secret; keep silence.

References

• Rituals of the Freemasons
• Notes on Hele

Anagrams

• heel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːlə
• IPA: /ˈɦeː.lə/

Adjective

hele

1. the inflected form^FAQ of heel

Verb

hele

1. singular present subjunctive of helen

Anagrams

• heel

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Esperanto

Adverb

hele

1. brightly

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Estonian

Adjective

hele (genitive heleda, partitive heledat)

1. light

   heledad juuksed — light hair

   helesinine — light blue

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Finnish

Noun

hele

1. (music) ornament

Declension

Declension of hele (type hame) singular plural nominative hele heleet genitive heleen heleiden heleitten partitive helettä heleitä accusative hele heleen heleet inessive heleessä heleissä elative heleestä heleistä illative heleeseen heleisiin heleihin adessive heleellä heleillä ablative heleeltä heleiltä allative heleelle heleille essive heleenä heleinä translative heleeksi heleiksi instructive – helein abessive heleettä heleittä comitative – heleineen

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele.

Verb

hele

1. (intransitive) to walk, move

   hele mai - to come

   hele aku - to go

References

• Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert

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Norwegian

Verb

hele

1. heal
2. receive stolen goods

Adjective

hele

1. the whole, all the
2. the entire
3. the total

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Swedish

Adjective

hele

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of hel.