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“harro! taik and slay!” Magnyfycence, 2324: Out harowe! 
hyll burneth! where shall I me hyde? York Plays, bi OF, 
Lucifer: Owte owte! harrowe! helples, slyke hote at es here. 
Towneley, ii, 275, Caym: We! out! haro! help to blaw! 
Nativity: Out! villain wretches, haro upon you I cry. York 
Plays, ix, 99: Uxor: We owte! herrowe! York, xi, 403, Rex: 
Owte! ay herrowe! devill, I drowne! Towneley, ix, 74: Im- 
perator: Out, harow, full wo is me! Towneley, xiii, 438, 
Mak: Bot I may cry out “haroo!” 
help(e). Imperative of verb help, OF. helpan. 
York Plays, i, 94, Lucifer: Helpe! felawes, in faythe I am 
fallende. York, ix, 101, Noe: Helpe! my sonnes to holde her 
here. Digby Plays, Mary Magdalene, 265: A! help! help! I 
stond in drede. Mankind, 106: Lady, helpe! Castell of 
Perseverance, 2556: A, swete ladys, helpe! Everyman: O 
Jesus, help! all hath forsaken me! 
2. Calls to Stop 
abyde. OE. abidan, to remain, to wait. Scotch bide. 
Mankind, 424: Abyde! to sone I xall yt se. Towneley 
Plays, xxv, 229: how! thou belamy, abyde! 
halde on. OE. healdan, haldan, restrain, keep. Anglian form 
haldan stayed in North, but in Midland and hence in standard 
English, the verb became hold. See beholde as a call for at- 
tention (XVI, 4). Halde on means stop! wait! hold on! 
York Plays, xv, 63, Pastor: Yf ye will helpe, halde on! 
(Here equivalent to “Stay! it was thus!”) ‘Mankind, 672: 
Holde, master Myscheff! & rede this! 
have do. Meaning cease! have done! do is the participial form 
. of OE. dén, with loss of the . 
Coventry Plays, xvi, Pastor: Have do! this songe begynne. 
Castell of Perseverance, 2238: haue do, my chyldryn! now 
_haue do! Castell of Pers., 1878: Haue do panne! the deuyl 
” pee tere! Towneley Plays, xiii, 663: hold youre tonges; haue 
done! 
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