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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HALLOWMASS.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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HALLOWMASS,
the feast of All Hallows or All Saints. (Hybrid; E. and
L.) In Shak. Rich. II, v. i. 80. A familiar abbreviation
for All Hallows' Mass = the mass (or feast) of All Saints. In
Eng. Gilds, ed. Toulmin Smith, p. 351, we have the expression alle halowene
tyd = all hallows' tide; and again, the tyme of al halowene = the
time of all hallows. β. Here hallows' is the gen. pl. of
M.E. halowe or halwe, a saint; just as halowene is the M.E.
gen. pl. of the same
word. The pl. halwes (= saints) occurs in Chaucer, C. T.
14. γ. The M.E. halwe = A.S. hálga, definite form of the adj.
hálig,
holy; so also the M.E. halowen = A.S. hálgan, definite form of the nom. pl. of
the same adj. See Holy, and see
Mass (2). 2.
Similarly,
hallowe'en = all hallows' even.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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