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haÌ„l: Interjection, found only in the Gospels as the translation of χαῖÏε, chaıÌre, χαιÌÏετε, chaıÌrete, imp. of χαιÌÏω, chaıÌroÌ„, “to rejoice,†is used as a greeting or salutation. The word “Hail†is Old English and was formerly an adjective, used with the verb to be, meaning “well,†“sound,†“hale,†e.g. “Hale be thou.†Wycliff has “heil†without the verb, followed by other English VSS, except that the Geneva has “God save thee,†in ; . The word occurs in ; ; , “all hailâ€; ; ; . See GODSPEED; GREETING.