† helen.

Forms: Old English 1500s (1800s English regional (south-western)) hele, 1900s heal (English regional (south-western)).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: heel v.¹

Etymology: Originally < the same Germanic base as Old English helan (see heel v.¹). In later use perhaps also directly < heel v.¹With sense 2 compare Old Icelandic hæli shelter, place of refuge. Earlier currency of this sense is probably implied by the following example in which helen (rather than holen , plural of hole n.) is required for the rhyme:c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4950 Ac from her frendes hij stelen, And gon to wood and maken hem holen [probably read helen], And crepen þere-inne. With sense 2 perhaps compare also Irish English (Wexford) hel hollow (early 19th cent.). Other problematic early evidence. The following two examples have sometimes been taken as showing this word (both probably in the dative singular) in an otherwise unattested sense ‘concealment’ (compare Middle Dutch heel (masculine), hēle (feminine), Middle Low German hēle (feminine), Middle High German hæle (feminine), all in sense ‘concealment’, ultimately < the same Germanic base):lOE Laws: Swerian (Rochester) iv. 396 On ðone drihten, ne teo ic N. ne for hete ne for hele [altered from hole; lOE Corpus Cambr. hole] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse, ne ic nan soðre nat.?c1225 ( Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 81 Helan [altered from holan; OE Hi..mid yfelan holan earme men beswicað].However, in both cases, the English forms are manuscript readings where the source text evidently had forms of Old English hōl vain speech, false accusation, slander (compare hole v.²), which provides a more appropriate sense in the context. It is likely that the forms reflect an otherwise unattested by-form of hōl with i-mutation of the stem vowel (compare Old English (Mercian) hōēlan to accuse falsely, calumniate).

Obsolete. rare (English regional (south-western) in later use).

a. A covering. Only in earth-hele: a covering over the ground.In quot. with reference to a covering of hail.

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OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xvi. 14 Witodlice on merigen wæs ðæt deaw abutan ða fyrdwic swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wære [L. in similitudinem pruinae super terram] & swilce hit on pilan gepilod wære.

b. English regional (Devon). under hele: under cover.

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1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. vi. 106 The man..had gone home..keeping under hele with his oilskins on.

2. A hiding place; a hidden or unseen spot. English regional (Wiltshire) in later use. Eng. Dial. Dict. (at Heal) records this sense as still in use in north Wiltshire in 1901.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter

leeOE

lewthc1000

shadowc1200

coverturec1450

hele?1527

burrow1577

shelter1595

lown1603

umbrage1607

shield1615

lew1908

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > a nook, corner

haleeOE

hirnec897

halkea1300

cornerc1384

nookc1450

hele?1527

creek1573

?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes cxlvi. sig. i iv In þe winter gothe Vipera out of his hele or denne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	hele
释义	† helen. Forms: Old English 1500s (1800s English regional (south-western)) hele, 1900s heal (English regional (south-western)). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: heel v.¹ Etymology: Originally < the same Germanic base as Old English helan (see heel v.¹). In later use perhaps also directly < heel v.¹With sense 2 compare Old Icelandic hæli shelter, place of refuge. Earlier currency of this sense is probably implied by the following example in which helen (rather than holen , plural of hole n.) is required for the rhyme:c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 4950 Ac from her frendes hij stelen, And gon to wood and maken hem holen [probably read helen], And crepen þere-inne. With sense 2 perhaps compare also Irish English (Wexford) hel hollow (early 19th cent.). Other problematic early evidence. The following two examples have sometimes been taken as showing this word (both probably in the dative singular) in an otherwise unattested sense ‘concealment’ (compare Middle Dutch heel (masculine), hēle (feminine), Middle Low German hēle (feminine), Middle High German hæle (feminine), all in sense ‘concealment’, ultimately < the same Germanic base):lOE Laws: Swerian (Rochester) iv. 396 On ðone drihten, ne teo ic N. ne for hete ne for hele [altered from hole; lOE Corpus Cambr. hole] ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse, ne ic nan soðre nat.?c1225 ( Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 81 Helan [altered from holan; OE Hi..mid yfelan holan earme men beswicað].However, in both cases, the English forms are manuscript readings where the source text evidently had forms of Old English hōl vain speech, false accusation, slander (compare hole v.²), which provides a more appropriate sense in the context. It is likely that the forms reflect an otherwise unattested by-form of hōl with i-mutation of the stem vowel (compare Old English (Mercian) hōēlan to accuse falsely, calumniate). Obsolete. rare (English regional (south-western) in later use). 1. a. A covering. Only in earth-hele: a covering over the ground.In quot. with reference to a covering of hail. ΚΠ OE Old Eng. Hexateuch: Exod. (Claud.) xvi. 14 Witodlice on merigen wæs ðæt deaw abutan ða fyrdwic swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wære [L. in similitudinem pruinae super terram] & swilce hit on pilan gepilod wære. b. English regional (Devon). under hele: under cover. ΚΠ 1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross III. vi. 106 The man..had gone home..keeping under hele with his oilskins on. 2. A hiding place; a hidden or unseen spot. English regional (Wiltshire) in later use. Eng. Dial. Dict. (at Heal) records this sense as still in use in north Wiltshire in 1901. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter leeOE lewthc1000 shadowc1200 coverturec1450 hele?1527 burrow1577 shelter1595 lown1603 umbrage1607 shield1615 lew1908 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > a nook, corner haleeOE hirnec897 halkea1300 cornerc1384 nookc1450 hele?1527 creek1573 ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes cxlvi. sig. i iv In þe winter gothe Vipera out of his hele or denne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see also also refers to : † healhelen. < n.OE see also
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