# hele
## English
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /hiːl/
* 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, Bushberg, Mo.: Bush & Son & Meissner firm of vinegrowers, 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 delay, 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: /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
* inflection of heel:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

#### Verb

hele
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of helen

### Anagrams

* heel

## Esperanto
### Etymology

hela +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhe.le/

### Adverb

hele
* brightly

## Estonian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
## Finnish
### Etymology

helistä +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheleˣ/, [ˈhe̞le̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ele
* Hyphenation: he‧le

### Noun

hele
* (music) ornament

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hele (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heleeni
heleeni
accusative
nom.
heleeni
heleeni
gen.
heleeni
genitive
heleeni
heleideni heleitteni
partitive
helettäni
heleitäni
inessive
heleessäni
heleissäni
elative
heleestäni
heleistäni
illative
heleeseeni
heleisiini heleihini
adessive
heleelläni
heleilläni
ablative
heleeltäni
heleiltäni
allative
heleelleni
heleilleni
essive
heleenäni
heleinäni
translative
heleekseni
heleikseni
abessive
heleettäni
heleittäni
instructive
comitative
—heleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heleesi
heleesi
accusative
nom.
heleesi
heleesi
gen.
heleesi
genitive
heleesi
heleidesi heleittesi
partitive
helettäsi
heleitäsi
inessive
heleessäsi
heleissäsi
elative
heleestäsi
heleistäsi
illative
heleeseesi
heleisiisi heleihisi
adessive
heleelläsi
heleilläsi
ablative
heleeltäsi
heleiltäsi
allative
heleellesi
heleillesi
essive
heleenäsi
heleinäsi
translative
heleeksesi
heleiksesi
abessive
heleettäsi
heleittäsi
instructive
comitative
—heleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heleemme
heleemme
accusative
nom.
heleemme
heleemme
gen.
heleemme
genitive
heleemme
heleidemme heleittemme
partitive
helettämme
heleitämme
inessive
heleessämme
heleissämme
elative
heleestämme
heleistämme
illative
heleeseemme
heleisiimme heleihimme
adessive
heleellämme
heleillämme
ablative
heleeltämme
heleiltämme
allative
heleellemme
heleillemme
essive
heleenämme
heleinämme
translative
heleeksemme
heleiksemme
abessive
heleettämme
heleittämme
instructive
comitative
—heleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heleenne
heleenne
accusative
nom.
heleenne
heleenne
gen.
heleenne
genitive
heleenne
heleidenne heleittenne
partitive
helettänne
heleitänne
inessive
heleessänne
heleissänne
elative
heleestänne
heleistänne
illative
heleeseenne
heleisiinne heleihinne
adessive
heleellänne
heleillänne
ablative
heleeltänne
heleiltänne
allative
heleellenne
heleillenne
essive
heleenänne
heleinänne
translative
heleeksenne
heleiksenne
abessive
heleettänne
heleittänne
instructive
comitative
—heleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
heleensä
heleensä
accusative
nom.
heleensä
heleensä
gen.
heleensä
genitive
heleensä
heleidensä heleittensä
partitive
helettään helettänsä
heleitään heleitänsä
inessive
heleessään heleessänsä
heleissään heleissänsä
elative
heleestään heleestänsä
heleistään heleistänsä
illative
heleeseensä
heleisiinsä heleihinsä
adessive
heleellään heleellänsä
heleillään heleillänsä
ablative
heleeltään heleeltänsä
heleiltään heleiltänsä
allative
heleelleen heleellensä
heleilleen heleillensä
essive
heleenään heleenänsä
heleinään heleinänsä
translative
heleekseen heleeksensä
heleikseen heleiksensä
abessive
heleettään heleettänsä
heleittään heleittänsä
instructive
comitative
—heleineen heleinensä :

#### Derived terms

* etuhele
* kaksoishele

### Further reading

* “hele”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhe.le/, [ˈhɛ.lɛ]

### 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, helle, hel, ȝel, ȝele
* eale, hæle (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛːl(ə)/

#### Noun

hele (uncountable)
* Health or wellbeing; one's mental or physical condition.
** late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4139-4140:
    [...] ‘I shal my-self to herbes techen yow, That shul ben for your hele, and for your prow;’ [...][...] ‘I shall myself guide you to herbs, That shall be for your health and for your benefit;’ [...]
* That which heals or cures; healing:
** (medicine) A curative medicine.
** (Christianity) Jesus Christ (as the Saviour)
* Help or assistance; that which is beneficial:
** Security, solace; that which protects one or one's mind:
** Beneficence, kindness; kind behaviour.
** (Christianity) Salvation, deliverance (from Hell)
* Success, wealth; a state of thriving.
* Fortune; a favourable destiny.

##### Related terms

* goderhele
* heleful
* soule-hele

##### Descendants

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

##### 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 *hą̄hilō. Compare hough (“hough, hock”).

#### Alternative forms

* heele, heyle, heyll, hiele, hile

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hele
* Alternative form of el

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1
#### 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

* hela (a- and split infinitives)

#### 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.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxe.le/, [ˈhe.le]
* IPA: /ˈxeː.le/, [ˈheː.le]

### Verb

hele
* inflection of helan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

### Verb

hēle
* inflection of hēlan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** singular present subjunctive

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈele/ [ˈe.le]
* Rhymes: -ele
* Syllabification: he‧le

### Verb

hele
* inflection of haber:
** second-person singular imperative combined with le
** second-person singular voseo imperative combined with le

## Swedish
### Adjective

hele
* definite natural masculine singular of hel

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈhele/ [ˈhɛː.lɛ]
* Rhymes: -ele
* Syllabification: he‧le

### Noun

hele (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜎᜒ)
* 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

#### See also

* lambing

## Tongan
### Noun

hele
* knife

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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
* (at least): en azından
* (finally): sonunda

## Yola
### Etymology 1

From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll.

#### Alternative forms

* hile, hill

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hiːl/, /hɪl/
* Homophones: heel, hyle

#### Noun

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

##### Derived terms

* Whithele
* Vearnee-hile

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

hele
* Alternative form of heale (“health”)
** 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:Yer hele.Your health (a toast).

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 45