haly

See also: häly

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English hali, holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ (“holy, consecrated, sacred, venerated, godly, saintly, ecclesiastical, pacific, tame”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz (“holy, bringing health”), from *hailaz (“healthy, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhele], [ˈhɛli]

Adjective

haly (comparative halier, superlative haliest)

holy

Derived terms

haliday (“holiday”)
haliness (“holiness”)
haly-hoo (“caul”)
haly-muild (“burial ground”)

halysome (“pleasant in manner, amiable”)
Haly Willie (“sanctimonious person”)
up-haly-aw, uphailiday (“the feast of the Epiphany on January 6”)
uphaly nicht (“the evening of the Epiphany, twelfth-night”)

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