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hálgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§221; §536;
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to make holy, sanctify
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  • Hálgig ł hálga ðú (gehálga, W. S., R.) hiá . . . Fore him ic hálgiga (hálgige, W. S., gihálgo, R.) mec seolfne

    sanctifica eos . . . pro eis ego sanctifico me ipsum,

      Jn. L. 17, 17-19.
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to consecrate, set apart as sacred to God, dedicate to a religious office or use
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  • On þissum geáre man hálgode þet mynster æt Westmynster . . . hine man bebyrgede innan þǽre níwan hálgodre circean on Westmynstre,

      Chr. 1066; P. 195, 3-197, 2.

  • Ciricean hálgian, Bl. H. 205, 24. II a.

    to consecrate a

    person to an office :-- Þeodorus biscop hine hálgode,
      Chr. 670; P. 35, 17.

  • Þís ilcan geáre man gehálgode Tatwine tó arcebiscop . . . hine hálgodan Daniel and Ingwold . . . and Aldwine . . . and Aldulf,

      731; P. 45, 8.

  • Hine man hálgode tó cinge, Ll. Lbmn. 214, 25. II b.

    to bless

    a thing so that it possesses special virtue :-- Þú sunnandæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum tó helpe,
      Hy. 9, 25.

  • Gif hwá ordáles weddige þonne cume hé . . . tó þǽm mæssepreóste þe hit hálgian scyle,

      Ll. Th. i. 210, 27.

  • Háligende exorcizans (vir Deo deditus liquidas fontium limphas

    exorcizans

    et sacrae benedictionis ubertate foecundans,
      Ald. 37, 30), Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 42.

  • Hálgiende, 31, 11. II b β.

    to consecrate

    the Eucharistic elements :-- Swá oft swá man húsel hálgað,
      Ll. Th. i. 360, 33.
to honour as holy
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  • Hy. 5, 2 (in Dict.).
to keep a day holy, Bl. H. 37, 32 (
in Dict.).
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v. ge-hálgian, un-hálgod.
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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/51639.

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