A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1614, 1684
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]
Hallow, a. [a. e.m.E. hollow, ME. holwe, holȝ.] Hollow. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xcii. 1.
This hallow grave c1614 Mure Dido & Æn. i. 241.
The hallow hill c1614 Ib. iii. 402.
With hiddeows noyse the hallow hevens resownd 1684 Bell Trial of Witchcraft in 1684 Law Memor. p. xxxii (J).
The witch mark is sometimes like a blew spot, … ; sometimes also the flesh is sunk in and hallow
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Hallow adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 6 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/hallow_adj>
