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Halwe vs Falwe - What's the difference?

halwe | falwe |

As nouns the difference between halwe and falwe

is that halwe is (obsolete) a saint while falwe is .

As an adjective falwe is

.

As a verb falwe is

to fade, wither, die, grow fallow.

halwe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A saint.
  • * Chaucer, ''The Canterbury Tales, Prologue, 13:14
    • And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes. To ferne halwes , kowthe in sondry londes.
    (Webster 1913)

    falwe

    English

    Adjective

    (-)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
    • (Chaucer)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fade, wither, die, grow fallow.
  • * c. 1210 MS. Cotton Caligula A IX f.246.
    • Tharuore mon thu the bi-thench; / Al schal falewi thi grene;
  • To turn pale or white (of the face or hair).
    • (Webster 1913)