hele

Meanings

1. Obsolete form of heal.

1. To hide, conceal, and keep secret, especially for a secret society (such as the masons).
2. To cover or conceal (a seedling, plant, roots, etc).

1. A number of places in the West Country of England:
2. A hamlet in Bude-Stratton parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SS2104).
3. A small village in Bradninch parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS9902)
4. A small village in Ilfracombe parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS5347)
5. A hamlet in Ashburton parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (SX7470).
6. A suburb of Torquay, Torbay borough, Devon (OS grid ref SX9065).
7. A hamlet in St Giles on the Heath parish, Torridge district, Devon, on the border with Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3391).
8. A hamlet in Bradford-on-Tone parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1824).

1. Initialism of home economics and livelihood education.

Etymology

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.