all hail
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔːl ˈheɪl/
ipa: /ˌɔl ˈheɪl/
ipa: /ˌɑl-/
rhymes: -eɪl
Etymology: The interjection is derived from Middle English al-heil, al heyl (“used as a salutation when meeting someone: your health!, hello!”), from al (“denoting totality”) + heil, heyl (“health, welfare; good fortune”, noun):
* Al is derived from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all (“all”), from Proto-Germanic *allaz (“all; entire, whole”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”).
* Heil is from Old Norse heill (“hale, healthy; whole”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“hale, healthy; entire, whole”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy; whole”)).
The noun is derived from the interjection.
Senses: examples: text: And as they [Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary"] went to tell his diſciples: beholde⸝ Jeſus met them ſayinge: All hayle. And they came and held him by the fete ⁊ worſhipped him.
ref: 1534 November, Willyam Tindale [i.e., William Tyndale], transl., The Newe Testament […] (Tyndale Bible), Antwerp: […] Marten Emperowr, The Gospell of S. Mathew xxviii:[8–9], folios xliiii, verso – xlv, recto:
text: Alhayle O contrey myne by deſtnye due, / And you alhayll (ꝙ [quoth] he,) O Troian gods of promiſe true.
ref: 1557 December 13 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Virgil, “The Seuenth Booke”, in Thomas Phaer, transl., The Seuen First Bookes of the Eneidos of Virgill, Conuerted in Englishe Meter […], London: […] Ihon Kyngston, for Richard Jugge, […], published 7 June 1558 (Gregorian calendar), →OCLC, signature [S.iv.], recto:
text: […] Iudas kiſt his maſter [Jesus], / And cried all haile, vvhen as he meant all harme.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii], page 172, column 2:
text: Yet I vvell remember / The fauors of theſe men: vvere they not mine? / Did they not ſometime cry, All hayle to me? / So Iudas did to Chriſt: but he in tvvelue, / Found truth in all, but one; I, in tvvelue thouſand, none.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 39, column 2:
text: All Hail Illuſtrious Daughter of a King, / Shining vvithout, and Glorious all vvithin, […]
ref: 1689, A[phra] Behn, A Congratulatory Poem to Her Sacred Majesty Queen Mary, upon Her Arrival in England, London: […] R. E. for R. Bentley […], and W. Canning […], →OCLC, page 4:
text: GOD, the Eternal! Infinite! All-Wise!— / Who out of darkness on the deep didst make / Light on the waters with a word—all hail! / Jehovah, with returning light, all hail!
ref: 1821, Lord Byron, “Cain, a Mystery”, in Sardanapalus, a Tragedy; The Two Foscari, a Tragedy; Cain, a Mystery, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 341:
synonyms: hail
glosses: Used as a friendly or respectful salutation to acclaim, greet, or welcome someone: (I wish you) all health or good fortune!
examples: text: All Hail to the Days that merit more Praise, / Than all the rest of the Year; / And welcome the Nights that bringeth delights, / As well to the Poor as the Peer.
ref: 1719, Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, “A New Song. The Good Fellow.”, in Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […], volume IV, London: […] W. Pearson, for J[acob] Tonson, […], published 19th century, →OCLC, page 241:
glosses: Chiefly followed by to (someone or something): used as a salutation to indicate that someone or something is respected or welcome.
Derived terms: word: all-hail
Related terms: hail