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frófor-gást

  • noun [ masculine ]
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frófor-gást, frófer-gást, es; m.
The Spirit of comfort, the Holy Ghost, Paraclete; consōlātiōnis Spīrĭtus, Spīrĭtus Sanctus, Paraclētus = Παράκλητος:
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  • Se Hálga Gást is geháten on Gréciscum gereorde Paraclitus, ðæt is, Fróforgást, forðíðe he fréfraþ ða dreórian

    the Holy Ghost is called in the Greek tongue Παράκλητος, that is Spirit of comfort, because he comforts the sad,

    • Homl. Th. i. 322, 21.
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v.  gást frófer-gást frófre gást.
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  • frófor-gást, n.