halwe
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English hālga (“holy man, saint”).
Noun edit
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.
- And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes / To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes.
- Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, 13:14
Descendants edit
References edit
- “halwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.