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▪ I. † ˈhalling1 Obs.
Also 5 hawlyng(e, 5–6 hallyng.
[f. hall n.1 + -ing: cf. bedding, flooring.]
Tapestry or painted cloth for the walls of a hall.
1418E.E. Wills (1882) 35 Alle the hustilmentis of Bed-dyng, hallyng, pottys & pannes. 1427Mem. Ripon (Surtees) I. 329 Unum pannum pinctum vocatum hawlyng. 1483Cath. Angl. 179/1 An Hawlynge, auleum. 1522Bury Wills (Camden) 115 A hallyng of steynyd clothe wt rynnyng vynys and leves wt bestes and birdes. 1566Eng. Church Furniture (Peacock) 94 Item one vale which our vicare haith and he haith made a halling therof.
▪ II. halling, n.2|ˈhælɪŋ|
[Norw., from Hallingdal, a valley in southern Norway.]
A Norwegian country-dance in triple rhythm; also, the music for such a dance.
1866Plesner & Rugeley-Powers tr. Björnson's Arne ii. 13 Nils played; and the two gentlemen each gave a dollar for him, and then asked for the halling. 1924Glasgow Herald 31 May 4 We have no space here to describe the wonderful Halling dance. 1947A. Einstein Mus. Romantic Era xvii. 320 Many of these dances show evidence of great age and uninterrupted tradition—the leaping dance (springar) in 3/4 meter and the halling in duple meter. |