See Also: hale(dictionary)
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hale(6)(dictionary)
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Hale, Nathan(dictionary)
Ham, Thomas Hale(medicine)

hale(1) (iou)



hale adjective. Also (Scot.) hail. OE.
[North. dial. repr. of Old English hal WHOLE adjective. Cf. HAIL adjective1.]
I. Sound, healthy.
Free from injury; safe, unhurt. Now only Scot. & north. OE.
Free from disease, healthy; recovered from disease, healed. Now only Scot. & north. OE.
Esp. of an old person: free from infirmity; sound, robust, vigorous. Freq. in hale and hearty. E18.
II.
Whole, entire, complete; unbroken, undecayed. Now only Scot. & north. ME.
the hale ware: see WARE noun2.
? In Scottish hail the i indicated a long vowel not a diphthong as in HAIL adjective1.
halely adverb ME.
haleness noun ME.