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HELE
Etymology 1
Verb
hele
Obsolete form of heal.
Etymology 2
Verb
hele (third-person singular simple present heles, present participle heling, simple past and past participle heled)
(rare, now, chiefly, dialectal or archaic) To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
(rare, now especially in the phrase "hele in") To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).
Anagrams
• Ehle, Heel, heel
Proper noun
Hele
A number of places in the West Country of England
A hamlet near Bude, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2104).
A village near Bradninch, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS9902)
A small village near Ilfracombe, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5347)
A hamlet near Ashburton, Teignbridge district, Devon (SX7470).
A suburb of Torquay, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX9065).
A hamlet in Torridge district, Devon, on the border with Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3391).
A hamlet in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST1824).
Anagrams
• Ehle, Heel, heel
Source: Wiktionary
Hele, n. Etym: [See Heal, n.]
Definition: Health; welfare. [Obs.] "In joy and perfyt hele." Chaucer.
Hele, v. t. Etym: [AS. helan, akin to D. helen, OHG. helan, G. hehlen, L. celare. sq. root17. See Hell, and cf. Conceal.]
Definition: To hide; to cover; to roof. [Obs.] Hide and hele things. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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