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hálig

  • adjective
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Grammar
hálig, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§216; §221; §223; §324; §421; §429; §431; §440; §443; §444;
Holy; sanctus, sacer
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  • Hálig

    sanctus, almus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 41.
  • Ðæt hálige gewrit

    scribtura,

      Jn. Skt. 17, 12.
  • Se háliga frófre gást

    paracletus sanctus spiritus,

      14, 26.
  • Hálig sealt

    holy salt,

      L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 346, 30; 344, 14.
  • Háliges wæteres

    some holy water,

      348, 2.
  • Woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne

    let people carefully abstain from worldly works on that holy day [Sunday],

      L. Eth. 6, 22; Th. i. 320, 13.
  • On ðone hálgan Ðunresdæg

    on holy Thursday,

      L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 24.
  • Ða hálgan hádas

    the clergy,

      L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 9.
  • Hé spræc þurh hys hálegra wítegena múþ

    locutus est per os sanctorum prophetarum ejus,

      Lk. Skt. 1, 70.
  • Ðám hálgum tídum

    at those holy times,

      L. C. S. 17; Th. i. 370, 9.
  • Hálige béc

    sacros libros,

      L. Ecg. P. 3, 4; Th. ii. 196, 27.
Etymology
[Laym. hali, holy: Orm. haliȝ: Wick. hooli: O. Sax. hélag: O. Frs. hélich: Icel. heilagr: O. H. Ger. heilag: Ger. heilig.]
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v.  hálga hǽlig.
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