Hale

Hale (hāl) , adjective

[Old English heil, Icelandic heill; akin to English whole. See Whole.]

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

Last year we thought him strong and hale. — Swift

Hale , noun

Welfare. [Obsolete]

All heedless of his dearest hale. — Spenser

Hale (hāl o hal; 277) , transitive verb

[Old English halen, halien; compare Anglo-Saxon holian, to acquire, get. See Haul.]

To pull; to drag; to haul. — Chaucer

Easier both to freight, and to hale ashore. — Milton

As some dark priest hales the reluctant victim. — Shelley