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1. al-hōl interj.

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Your health!

2. al-sauf phr. & adv.

Additional spellings: alsauf
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In all safety, quite safely; also, under safe-conduct [quot. c1325].

3. Hāl-thores-ẹ̄ven n.

Additional spellings: Halthoreseven
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The Eve of the Ascension.

4. Hāl-throst-dai n.

Additional spellings: Hal-throstdai, Halthrostdai
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Ascension Day.

5. hol(e n.(1)

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(a) A husk or shell; the seedpod of a leguminous plant [see also pese hol], the hull of grain, the skin of a grape, the cupule of an acorn, etc.; (b) the shell of a whelk; (c) ?the skin of a person…

6. hō̆l(e n.(2)

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(a) A perforation, bore, hole; the eye of a needle, the hole of a privy; (b) a window, loophole; a hole for smoke to escape; loupe hol, smoke hol, q. v.; (c) an opening in a lattice or a spider web; a…

7. hōl(e n.(3)

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(a) The entire body or company of persons; hol of hem, all of them; (b) a thing as a unit, the whole, entirety; a complete or perfect thing; (c) the full amount of property; full measure of love; (d)…

8. hō̆l(e adj.(1)

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(a) Of clothing, garments: full of holes; (b) hollow; cavernous; empty; of wounds: containing a cavity; (c) of objects: deeply concave; of eyes: sunken, hollow; of persons:?lank, cadaverous; hol bacin

9. hōl(e adv.

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(a) In a body, together; al hol, all together, unanimously; hol ifere, hol togeder(es, all together; (b) in all, in total, fully; (c) completely, entirely, wholly; al hol, ful and hol, hol and som

10. hōl(e)-limed adj.

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Not lame, sound of limb.

11. holen v.(1)

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(a) To remove the husk of (grains, peas); shell (nuts); ppl. holed, of grains, legumes: peeled; (b) of grains or peas: to shed the husk.

12. hōlen v.(2)

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(a) To make a hole; pierce (sth.); bore through (sth.); (b) ppl. holed, provided with a hole or holes, pierced, perforated; (c) med. to cause (skin) to ulcerate; ppl. holed, ulcerated, festered.

13. hōlen v.(3)

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(a) To cure (sb., a bodily part); save (sb.) spiritually; heal (sb. of a disease); cure (sb. of sinfulness); -- often with fro or of phrase; (b) to heal (a sore or wound); cure (a disease); also…

14. hō̆let n.

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(a) A small cave; fendis holet, the Devil's lair; (b) a hut, a cottage; (c) ?the Holy of Holies in the Jewish tabernacle.

15. hōl-fāre n.

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Some kind of tax.

16. hōlful adj.

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?Complete, absolute; ?spiritually beneficial.

17. hōlfullīch adv.

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Salubriously, beneficially.

18. hōlhēd(e n.

Additional spellings: holhede
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Completeness; with holhed, fully, completely.

19. hō̆lī adj.(1)

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(a) Porous; spongy; (b) ?full of holes, ?hollow; (c) holi wei, a tunnel.

20. holke adj.

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Hollow.