'Hallow' itself is a noun, from Old English hālga, which was commonly used before its replacement by French 'saint'.

You'll therefore come across saints like 'Hālga Cuþbert' and 'Hālga Martinus' in Old English texts. https://twitter.com/churchofengland/status/1322496810636685312
It's related to lots of adjectives, like 'holy' and 'hallowed', and more distinctly to various positive, similar-sounding words, like 'whole', 'heal' and 'healthy'.

'Hallow' is therefore also related to 'halibut' - the flatfish supposedly to be eaten only on holy days.
As well as in 'halibut', Old English hāliġ ('holy') also appears in an old name for the people and land of County Durham: the Haliwerfolc, which translates to the 'people of the holy man' - that is, Saint Cuthbert.
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