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forhele

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
forhele
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To conceal; hide.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English forhelen, from Old English forhelan (“to cover up, conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *frahelaną (“to conceal, hide”), equivalent to for- + hele. Cognate with Dutch verhelen (“to conceal”), German verhehlen (“to hide, conceal”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: for
  • Root: forhelen, forhelan, *frahelaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

forheles (present, singular) forheling (participle, present) forhole (past) forholen (participle, past)

Questions

What does forhele mean?
To conceal; hide.
Where does forhele come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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