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hálga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hálga, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§421;
A saint
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  • Biþ gesmyrod ealra hálgena hálga

    the saint of all saints shall be anointed,

      Homl. Th. ii. 14, 16.
  • Ðæt wundor gelamp þurh ðæs hálgan mihte

    that miracle happened through the saint's might,

      28, 28; Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 212.
  • Fram ðam rihtwísan Abel óþ ðam endenéxtan hálgan

    from righteous Abel to the last saint,

      Homl. Th. ii. 74, 5.
  • Godes hálgan sind englas and men

    God's saints are angels and men,

    i.
      538, 23 : 574, 22 : ii. 112, 31.
  • Hálgena líchaman árison

    the bodies of saints arose,

      258, 5.
  • On ðone dæg æfter ealra hálgena mæssedæg

    on the day after All Saints' day,

      Chr. 1083; Erl. 217, 32.
  • November se mónaþ onginþ on ealra hálgena mæssedæg

    the month of November begins on All Saints' day,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 55.
Etymology
[Chauc. halwe : Mod. E. in All Hallows : Ger. heilige a saint.]
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v. hálig.
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