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Middle English
Alternative forms
- halewe, halow, halowe, haluwe, halu, halghe, haligh, halogh, halege, halȝe, halȝæ, halȝen, halhe
Etymology
From Old English hālga (“holy man, saint”).
Noun
halwe (plural halwes)
- saint
- The shrine of a saint.
- Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, 13:14
- And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes / To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes.
- And palmers to go seeking out strange strands, / To distant shrines well known in distant lands.
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