haled
simple past tense and past participle of hale
• Dahle, Heald, heald
Source: Wiktionary
Hale, a. Etym: [Written also heil, Icel. heill; akin to E. whole. See Whole.]
Definition: Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.
Hale, n.
Definition: Welfare. [Obs.] All heedless of his dearest hale. Spenser.
Hale (hal or hall; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haled (hald or halld); p. pr. & vb. n. Haling.]
Definition: Etym: [OE. halen, halien; cf. AS. holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]
Definition: To pull; to drag; to haul. See Haul. Chaucer. Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. Milton. As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. Shelley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
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