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hálgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hálgian, p. ode; pp. od
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §536;
To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctify
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  • Hweðer hie ða ciricean hálgian dorston on óðre wísan

    whether they durst consecrate the church otherwise,

      Blickl. Homl. 205, 21, 24.

  • Ne miht ðú on óðre wísan bisceop hálgian búton óðrum bisceopum

    ordinare episcopum non aliter nisi sine episcopis potes,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 492, 3.

  • Ðú scealt hálgian híred ðínne

    thou shalt hallow thy family,

      Cd. 106; Th. 139, 15; Gen. 2310.

  • Hér man hálgode Ælféhg tó arcebiscope

    in this year Ælfheah was consecrated archbishop,

      Chr. 1006; Erl. 138, 2 : 1050; Erl. 176, 22.

  • Nis eów þearf ðæt gé ða ciricean hálgian

    there is no need for you to consecrate the church,

      Blickl. Homl. 207, 1.

  • Hweðer hie ða ciricean hálgedon

    whether they should consecrate the church,

      205, 11.

  • Hálgig oððe hálga ðú

    sanctifica,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 17, 17.

  • Hálgiaþ eówer fæsten

    sanctify ye a fast,

      Blickl. Homl. 37, 32.

  • Sý hálgad noma

    hallowed be thy name,

      Exon. 122 a; Th. 468, 19; Hy. 5, 2.
Etymology
[Laym. halȝien : Orm. hallȝhenn : Prompt. Parv. halwin consecrare : O. Sax. hélagón : Icel. helga : O. H. Ger. heilagón : Ger. heiligen.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hálgian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18039.

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