† yholeadj.

Forms: Old English gehal, Middle English ihal, Middle English ihol, Middle English yhol, Middle English yhole.

Etymology: Old English gehál : see y- prefix 3b and whole adj.

Obsolete.

Whole, sound.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact

yholec1000

wholeOE

all wholec1175

hale1357

haila1400

intactc1450

undeflowereda1533

dintless1558

pure1607

undinteda1616

entirea1631

neat1715

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 154 Ða gemette he þæt fæt..swa gehal þæt ðær nan cinu on næs gesewen.

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 354 Wyrc swa hit man gehal forswelgan mæge.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 34 Hope halt þe heorte i hol.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 413 Al ihal [c1300 Otho ihol] & al isund.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 228 Huo þet is yhol of bodie and uoul ine herte is ase þe berieles yhuited.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 22 Þen take figys, an kerue hem a-to, or Roysonys y-hole.

Derivatives

† yholliche adv. Obsolete wholly.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adverb]

yhollichec1315

whollyc1330

halelya1400

integrally1471

halec1480

integrately1485

entirely1491

wholewise1674

c1315 Shoreham iii. 223 Þarefore do þe al y-holliche Þat day [sc. mass-day] to holy þynge.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 127 Þe loue of þe herte huerby he him yefþ y-holliche and wyþoute corrupcion to þet ha loueþ.

a1400 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 362 Ȝif þ^t þe axkere bryngeþ skore oþer wryt, and aske þe berynge y-holecheche [sic].

† yholnesse n. Obsolete wholeness.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > wholeness or intactness

wholenessOE

wholeshipc1225

yholschipea1240

yholnesse1340

halenessa1500

integrity1533

infrangibleness1727

inviolacy1846

inviolateness1860

intactness1890

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 230 Yholnesse and clennesse of bodye þet is to zigge þet þet body by y-hol wyþoute uelþe of lecherie.

† yholschipe n. Obsolete

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