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hálig-dóm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hálig-dóm, es; m.
holiness, sanctity; sanctimonia
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  • Háligdóm

    sanctimonia,

      Rtl. l00, 11.
  • Mycel is se háligdóm and seó weorþung sancte Iohannes

    great is the sanctity and worthiness of St. John,

      Blickl. Homl. 167, 16.
  • Búton ða heánesse ðæs háligdómes

    nisi excellentia sanctitatis,

      Past. 18, 3; Swt. 133, 14: 57; Swt. 439, 23.
holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament
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  • Háligdóm

    sacramentum,

      Mk. Skt. p. 5, 11.
  • On ðone Drihten ðe ðes háligdóm is fore hálig

    by the Lord, before whom these relics are holy,

      L. O. 1; Th. i. 178, 3, 12.
  • Wé sceolon on ðissum dagum fyligan úrum háligdóme út and inn

    on these days we ought to follow our relics out and in,

      Homl. Th. i. 246, 28.
  • Ðæt hig bereáfodan æt háligdome and æt eallon þingan

    they plundered the monastery of the relics and of every thing,

      Chr. 1055; Erl. 188, 40.
  • On ðam háligdóme swerian

    to swear on the relics,

      L. Eth. 3, 2; Th. i. 292; 14: Th. Chart. 610, 31: Chr. 1131; Erl. 260, 10.
  • Ðýlæs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðære clænan ðegnenga ðæs sacerd hádes

    ne aut non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat,

      Past. 7, 1; Swt. 51, 1.
  • Tó háligdóm dínre gesibsumnesse tó ásend ad sacramentum tuæ reconciliationis admitte, Lye. Þurh hálgum háligdóm Drihtnes líchaman and blódes per sacrosanctum sacramentum Domini corporis ac sanguinis, Lye. Háligdóm and hálige béc handligan

    reliquias et sacros libros manu tractare,

      L. Ecg. P. 3, 4; Th. ii. 196, 27: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7.
  • Háligdóm and hádas and gehálgode Godes hús man sceal weorþian georne

    holy things and holy orders and the hallowed houses of God must be zealously honoured,

      L. Eth. 7, 28; Th. i. 336, 1: 24, Th. i. 334, 23: L. E. B. 1; Th. ii. 240, 9.
  • Wé lǽraþ ðæt ealle ða þingc ðe weofode neáh beón, and tó cirican gebyrian, beón swíðe clǽnelíce and wurþlíce behworfene, and dǽr ǽnig þingc fúles neáh ne cume; ac gelogige man ðone háligdóm swíðe árwurþlíce

    we enjoin, that all the things which are near the altar, and belong to the church, be very cleanly and worthily appointed, and where nothing foul may come near them; but let the holy things be very reverently arranged,

      L. Edg. C. 42; Th. ii. 252, 23-6.
  • Þurh ealne ðane háligdóm ðe ic on Róme for mé and for ealne þeódscype gesóhte

    by all the relics that I sought out in Rome for myself and for all the nation,

      Th. Chart. I17, 10.
a holy place, sanctuary
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  • Ðínne háligdóm

    sanctuarum tuum,

      Ps. Lamb. 73, 7.
  • Hé getimbrade his háligdóm

    ædificavit sanctificium suum,

      77, 69.
  • Tó ðæs háligdómes dura

    to the door of the sanctuary,

      Ex. 21, 6.
  • Tóweard ðam háligdóme

    toward the sanctuary,

      Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 20.
  • Án is mid ðæs kynges háligdóme, óðer is mid Leófríce eorle and ðæt þridde is mid ðam bisceop

    one [of the writings] is in the king's sanctuary, a second is with earl Leofric, and the third is with the bishop,

      Th. Chart. 372, 29: 541, 25: 571, 20.
Etymology
[Laym. halidom relic: Orm. haliȝdom holiness; pl. sacred things: Icel. helgir dómar relics; helgidómr a sanctuary: O. H. Ger. heiligtuom sacramentum, sanctuarium: Ger. heiligthum sacred thing, relic, sanctuary.]
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