Hello or Hullo?

Question

I was writing a book that set in a sort of medieval era. (it's a fairy tale, so I don't have to be specific). Anyway, "Hello" was inventited by the guy who invented the phone. It was either to shout through the fone. Before it was "Hullo". "Hullo" was used as an exclamation of surprise (like if you bumped into someone you knew: "Hullo, hullo! How are you?"). Anyway, my plans to use hello in my book have gone. And I'm not sure if I should use "Hullo".
Please help! Does anybody know how people would have addressed each other, or if there's any other greetings I could use. (even though it's a fairy tale, I still do care about this).

Answer 1

You could use salutations or greetings. Even good day.

Answer 2

Instead of "hello" or "hullo," the people would probably say something like "good morrow" or "well met."



That phrase "well met" would derive from "hail fellow well met." See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_fellow_well_met



John Donne (1572-1631) uses the expression "good morrow" in his poems. See http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/publicaciones/donne.htm



Addition: You might want to check this site http://members.aol.com/amyfaire/speech.html which has some phrases and expressions that may interest you, too.

Answer 3

What about hiyya,or hey or simply hi?