hail

hail
{{11}}hail (interj.) "greetings!" c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. heill "health, prosperity, good luck;" and from O.E. hals, shortening of wæs hæil "be healthy" (see HEALTH (Cf. health) and Cf. WASSAIL (Cf. wassail)).
{{12}}hail (n.) "frozen rain," O.E. hægl, hagol (Mercian hegel) "hail, hailstorm," also the name of the rune for H, from W.Gmc. *haglaz (Cf. O.Fris. heil, O.S., O.H.G. hagal, O.N. hagl, Ger. Hagel "hail"), probably from PIE *kaghlo- "pebble" (Cf. Gk. kakhlex "round pebble").
{{12}}hail (v.1) "to call from a distance," 1560s, originally nautical, from HAIL (Cf. hail) (interj.). Related: Hailed; hailing. Hail fellow well met is 1580s, from a familiar greeting. Hail Mary (c.1300) is the angelic salutation (L. ave Maria), Cf. Luke i:58, used as a devotional recitation. As a desperation play in U.S. football, attested by 1940. To hail from is 1841, originally nautical. "Hail, Columbia," the popular patriotic song, was a euphemism for "hell" in American English slang from c.1850-1910.
{{13}}hail (v.2) O.E. hagolian, from root of HAIL (Cf. hail) (n.). Related: Hailed; hailing. Figurative use from mid-15c.

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