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1. hēl(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: hele
7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Concealment, deceit; (b) hiding place, shelter; (c) hel makere, ?a maker of roofing [cp. helinge ger. (2)]; (d) in surnames and place names. …

2. slight adj.

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(a) Flat, smooth; also, hairless; slight ston, a stone used for smoothing, a sleekstone [cp. slike-ston n.]; (b) unimportant, trivial; (c) of poor quality, flimsy; (d) slender; (e) in surnames. …

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