hele

See also: Hele, helé, hèle, and hélé

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiːl/
Rhymes: -iːl
Homophones: heel, he'll (one pronunciation)

Verb

hele

Obsolete form of heal.

Etymology 2

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-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”).

Cognate with Scots heal (“to cover, hide, conceal”), Saterland Frisian hela (“to conceal”), Dutch helen (“to conceal”), German hehlen (“to deal in stolen or illegal goods”), Swedish häla (“hide”) and hälare (“fence, peddler of stolen goods”), as well as with helmet and Latin cēlō (“conceal”). Related to hole, hull.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiːl/[1]
Rhymes: -iːl
Homophones: heel, he'll (one pronunciation)

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).
- 1893, Robert Steele, Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus‎, Online edition, Gutenberg Project, published 2004:
  … the lion is in most gentleness and nobility, when his neck and shoulders be heled with hair and main.
- 1921, The Builder: A Journal for the Masonic Student, page 208:
  Men could look up and understand something of the star-Spangled arch of blue, but the reversed arch or crypt beneath was to the eyes a flesh 'heled, concealed, and never revealed,' […]
- 2019, William Harvey, Albert G. Mackey, Arthur Edward Waite, Symbolism and Discourses on the Entered Apprentice, Fellowcraft and Master Mason Blue Lodge Degrees, page 36:
  The second is concerned more especially with the obligation of the Neophyte Grade in which the Candidate is pledged to hele, conceal and never reveal the secret art and hidden mysteries of Masonry.
(rare, now especially in the phrase "hele in") To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).
- 1861, The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 275:
  At the time of earthing the potatoes by the double mould-plough, turnip seed is sown, and thus "heled;" the turnips arrive at maturity before the potatoes, and are pulled without damage to them.
- 1881, Report of the New Hampshire Deptartment of Agriculture, page 252:
  […] and for this reason had better be taken up and heled in, in a safe place, where there is no danger from standing water.
- 1895, Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of American Grape Vines, by the Bush & Son & Meissner firm of vinegrowers in Bushberg, Mo., page 43:
  Take your vines, in a pail with water, or wrapped in a wet cloth, from the place where they were heled-in,* to the holes; […]
  *On receiving your vines from the nursery, they should be taken out of the box, without dely, and heled-in, which is done as follows: In a dry and well protected situation, a trench is made in the soil […] The plants are then set thickly together in the trench […] and soil taken from [another trench] is thrown into the first, covering the roots carefully,
- 1913 May, Nebraska Horticulture, page 8:
  As soon as received the plants should be unpacked and if they can not be planted at once they should be "heled in" i. e., placed in a trench and thoroughly watered.

Alternative forms

heal, heel

References

Albert G. Mackey, Encyclopedia Of Freemasonry: English Edition (2013, Jazzybee Verlag, →ISBN): From correspondence with Brother Charles E. Funk in regard to the pronunciation of the word, we learn he is convinced that in most Lodges until 1750, and perhaps even later than 1800, the words hele, conceal, reveal, were perfect rhymes […] "

Notes on Hele

Anagrams

Ehle, Heel, heel

Danish

Adjective

hele

plural and definite singular attributive of hel

Verb

hele (imperative hel, infinitive at hele, present tense heler, past tense helede, perfect tense er helet)

(intransitive) heal
Såret er helet.
The wound has healed.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -eːlə
IPA^(key): /ˈɦeː.lə/

Etymology 1

From heel, by analogy with the inflection of adjectives that follow.

Adverb

hele

Alternative form of heel
- 2018 25 June, Carolien Roelants, “Goed nieuws uit Jemen plus wat Hollandse kortzichtigheid”, nrc.nl:
  Hele goede, hele dure koffie, met name bestemd voor de Aziatische markt, want Europa is „gevoeliger voor de prijs”, zegt hij elegant.
  Very good, very expensive coffee, especially destined for the Asiatic market, for “Europe is more sensitive to the price”, he says elegantly.

Usage notes

See the usage notes at the main entry.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

hele

Inflected form of heel

Verb

hele

(archaic) singular present subjunctive of helen

Anagrams

heel

Esperanto

Etymology

hela +‎ -e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhe.le/

Adverb

hele

brightly

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *heledä. Cognate to Finnish heleä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhele/, [ˈ(h)ele̞]

Adjective

hele (genitive heleda, partitive heledat, comparative heledam, superlative kõige heledam)

light
heledad juuksed — light hair
helesinine — light blue
high-pitched, high (of tone)
Heleda häälega neiu.
A girl with a high voice.

Declension

Inflection of hele (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	hele	heledad
accusative	heleda	heledad
genitive	heleda	heledate
partitive	heledat	heledaid
illative	heledasse	heledatesse heledaisse
inessive	heledas	heledates heledais
elative	heledast	heledatest heledaist
allative	heledale	heledatele heledaile
adessive	heledal	heledatel heledail
ablative	heledalt	heledatelt heledailt
translative	heledaks	heledateks heledaiks
terminative	heledani	heledateni
essive	heledana	heledatena
abessive	heledata	heledateta
comitative	heledaga	heledatega

Finnish

Etymology

helistä +‎ -e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheleˣ/, [ˈhe̞le̞(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ele
Syllabification^(key): he‧le

Noun

hele

(music) ornament

Declension

Inflection of hele (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		hele	heleet
genitive		heleen	heleiden heleitten
partitive		helettä	heleitä
illative		heleeseen	heleisiin heleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hele	heleet
accusative	nom.	hele	heleet
accusative	gen.	heleen	heleet
genitive		heleen	heleiden heleitten
partitive		helettä	heleitä
inessive		heleessä	heleissä
elative		heleestä	heleistä
illative		heleeseen	heleisiin heleihin
adessive		heleellä	heleillä
ablative		heleeltä	heleiltä
allative		heleelle	heleille
essive		heleenä	heleinä
translative		heleeksi	heleiksi
instructive		—	helein
abessive		heleettä	heleittä
comitative		—	heleineen

Possessive forms of hele (type hame)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	heleeni	heleemme
2nd person	heleesi	heleenne
3rd person	heleensä

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sa‘ele and Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sele.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhe.le/, [ˈhɛlɛ]

Verb

hele

(intransitive) to walk, move
hele mai ― to come
hele aku ― to go

References

Hawaiian Dictionary, by Pukui and Elbert

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hǣlu, hǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *hailī. Compare helen and hol (“whole”).

Alternative forms

hale, heale, heel, heele, hel, ȝel, ȝele
(early) eale, hæle

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛːl(ə)/

Noun

hele (uncountable)

Health or wellbeing; one's mental or physical condition.
That which heals or cures; healing:
1. (medicine) A curative medicine.
2. (Christianity) Jesus Christ (as the Saviour)
Help or assistance; that which is beneficial:
1. Security, solace; that which protects one or one's mind:
2. Beneficence, kindness; kind behaviour.
3. (Christianity) Salvation, deliverance (from Hell)
Success, wealth; a state of thriving.
Fortune; a favourable destiny.

Related terms

goderhele
soule-hele

Descendants

English: heal
Scots: heal, hele
Yola: heale, heal, hele, heall

References

“hēle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English hēla, hǣla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hil, *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz. Compare hough (“hough, hock”).

Alternative forms

heele, heyle, heyll, hiele, hile

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈheːl(ə)/, /ˈhɛːl(ə)/

Noun

hele (plural heles or helen)

heel (back of a foot)
Synonym: hough
heel or spur (of a shoe)
(rare) The lower part of anything.

Descendants

English: heel
Scots: heel
Yola: heel

References

“hẹ̄le, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

hele

Alternative form of el

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

hele

definite singular of hel
plural of hel

Etymology 2

From the adjective hel.

Noun

hele n (indeclinable) (uncountable)

a whole

Etymology 3

From Old Norse heila.

Verb

hele (imperative hel, present tense heler, simple past and past participle hela or helet, present participle helende)

to heal

Etymology 4

From Middle Low German helen.

Verb

hele (imperative hel, present tense heler, simple past hela or helet or helte, past participle hela or helet or helt, present participle helende)

to receive stolen goods

References

“hele” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German helen.

Alternative forms

(a- and split infinitives) hela

Verb

hele (present tense helar, past tense hela, past participle hela, passive infinitive helast, present participle helande, imperative hele/hel)

(transitive) to fence (to receive stolen goods)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse héla.

Noun

hele f (definite singular hela, indefinite plural heler, definite plural helene)

hoarfrost

Verb

hele (present tense helar, past tense hela, past participle hela, passive infinitive helast, present participle helande, imperative hele/hel)

to rime

References

“hele” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Verb

hele

inflection of haber:
1. second-person singular imperative combined with le
2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le

Swedish

Adjective

hele

absolute definite natural masculine singular of hel.

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: he‧le

IPA^(key): /ˈhele/, [ˈhe.le]

Noun

hele

lullaby
Synonyms: oyayi, aloy, alo
act of singing a lullaby (to make a child or infant fall asleep)
Synonym: paghehele
caress; fondling
Alternative form of hele-hele

Derived terms

hele-hele
ipaghele
maghele
paghehele

Tongan

Noun

hele

knife

Turkish

Etymology

From Persian ‎ (hala, “pay attention!”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [heˈle]

Adverb

hele

especially
Hayvanları seviyorum, hele iki kedileri. ― I like the animals, especially the two cats.
(when modifying a verb in the imperative mood) just
Hele hayır de! ― Just say no!
at least
Hele on bin lira değerdir. ― It is at least ten thousand lira worth.
finally
Can, hele ehliyet sınavını geçmiş. ― Can finally passed his driver’s exam.

Synonyms

(especially): özellikle

Yola

Etymology 1

From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll.

Alternative forms

hile, hill

Noun

hele

hill
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
  Whithele.
  Whitehill.

Noun

hele

Alternative form of heale (“health”)

References

Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 45

[1] Albert G. Mackey, Encyclopedia Of Freemasonry: English Edition (2013, Jazzybee Verlag, →ISBN): From correspondence with Brother Charles E. Funk in regard to the pronunciation of the word, we learn he is convinced that in most Lodges until 1750, and perhaps even later than 1800, the words hele, conceal, reveal, were perfect rhymes […] "