Hallow vs Hallowed - What's the difference?

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Hallowed is a derived term of hallow.

As verbs the difference between hallow and hallowed

is that hallow is to make holy, to sanctify while hallowed is past tense of hallow.

As adjectives the difference between hallow and hallowed

is that hallow is an alternative spelling of lang=en while hallowed is consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

As a noun hallow

is a saint; a holy person; an apostle.

hallow

English

Etymology 1

(wikipedia hallow) From (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)

(archaic, or, dialectal) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.

All Hallows''' Eve'' (or Halloween), the night before ''All '''Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints Day").

Derived terms

* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l) * (l)

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . More at (l).

Verb

(en verb)

To make holy, to sanctify.

Etymology 3

From (etyl) halowen, from , probably conflated with (etyl) halloer.

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l)

Verb

(en verb)

To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting.

Noun

(en noun)

A shout, cry; a hulloo.

* 1777 , Robin Hood's Chase , reprinted in

Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.

I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.

Etymology 4

Adjective

(en adjective)

hallowed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Consecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Luke XI:

When ye praye, saye: Oure father which arte in heven, halowed be thy name.

Antonyms

* unhallowed

Verb

(head)

(hallow)