Meanings
alternative Allantide · alternative Hallontide · alternative Hollandtide · alternative Hollantide
- CornwallIrelandShropshireWest CountrydialectalobsoleteuncountableIsle of Man; Northampton; Worcestershire; Isle of Wight; Somerset; Isle of Man; Northampton; Worcestershire; Isle of Wight; SomersetAll Saints' Day
Hallantide ... All Saints' Day, (hallow-een-tide)
1872, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's Proceedings, “Somersetshire Glossary”, in Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's, page 171 more example
Palmes and my friend, this night of Hallantide / Left all alone, and no way occupied
c. 17th century, William Browne, “An Epistle occasioned by the most intolerable Jangling of the Papists' Bells on All Saints' Night”, in The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock, volume 2, published 1894, page 229
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Hallantide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hallantide
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