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 Haidee (2 syl.).Hail. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Hail.
 
Health, an exclamation of welcome, like the Latin Salve (Anglo-Saxon, hél, health; but hail = frozen rain is the Anglo-Saxon hœgl.)   1
       
“All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, thane of Gla’mis.”
       
Shakespeare: Macbeth, i. 3.
 


 Haidee (2 syl.).Hail. 

 
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