Hele
Alternative forms
Origin
From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan ("to conceal, cover, hide", strong verb.) and helian ("to conceal, cover, hide", weak verb.), from Proto-Germanic *helanÄ… ("to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods"), *haljanÄ… ("to hull, conceal"), both from Proto-Indo-European *kel- ("to hide"). Cognate with Scots heal ("to cover, hide, conceal"), Eastern Frisian hela ("to conceal"), Dutch helen ("to conceal"), German hehlen ("to conceal"). More at heal.
Full definition of hele
Verb
- Alternative form of heal
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To hide or conceal; keep secret; cover.
- 1893 , Robert Steele , Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Chapter , … the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main.
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To cover with or in (slates, tiles, etc.); roof.
- (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To practise concealment; keep a secret; keep silence.