An archaic term meaning to conceal, hide, or cover something; to keep secret.
From Old English 'helan,' related to Germanic words for 'to conceal' or 'to cover.' The term is related to 'hell' through ancient concepts of the underworld as a hidden place, and survives in Scottish and dialectal English.
The word 'hele' is so old that it's connected to 'hell'—both from the idea of a hidden, covered place—and it survives in Scottish dialects where you still hear it meaning to hide or protect something!
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