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Add: A. adjectival.
set apart for religious use, consecrated, sacred
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  • Hálig leger

    cimiterium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 9.

  • Seó stów þe þú on stynst ys hálig eorðe (

    sancta terra

    ),
      Ex. 3, 5.

  • Æfter gewuna dæges hálges (

    diei festi

    ),
      Lk. L. R. 2, 42.

  • On dæge háligum (hálgum,

      R.), Mk. L. 14, 2.

  • On hálgum beorge

    in monte sancto,

      Ps. Th. 98, 10.

  • On háligre stówe,

      Mt. 24, 15.

  • On þá hálgan ceastre,

      4, 5.

  • On ꝥ hálige templ,

      Bl. H. 71, 17.

  • Hálig tiber,

      Exod. 415.

  • Hálige dagas

    kalendae,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 35.

  • Húslfatu hálegu,

      Dan. 705.

  • Is þeós tíd ealra tíd héhst and hálgost,

      Bl. H. 83, 19.

  • Alh heáhst and hǽligost,

      Exod. 394.

  • Betwux ðám hálegestan (hálgestan,

    v. l.) hálignessum, Past. 135, 9. I a. where the person to whom a thing is dedicated, in respect to whom a thing is holy, is given :-- Ǽlc wǽpned byð Drihtne hálig (sanctum )

    genemned,
      Lk. 2, 23: El. 1195.

  • Hé wæs sácerd in þǽre hálgan cirican, seó wæs hálig þǽre eádigan fǽmnan,

      Gr. D. 88, 4.

  • On þone Drihten þe þes háligdóm is fore hálig,

      Ll. Th. i. 178, 3, 12.

  • Intó Níwan mynstre ǽnne sylfrene hwer on þǽre hálgan þrynnesse naman þe seó stów is fore hálig (cf. wið Godd geborgen and Scs Ióhannes and ealra ðǽra hálgena þe seó hálige stóww is fore gehálgod,

      391, 26), Cht. Th. 559, 1.
II. used of Deity ; — Hálig, hálig, hálig, Drihten God allmæhtig. Mt. p. 10, 7 : Gen. 97: 642 : Ps. Th. 98, 9. Hálig is heofonríces Weard, 10. Háliga Fæder Pater Sancte,
    Jn. 17, 11.
Hálig Godes Sunu,
    Bl. H. 7, 24.
Þú eart þæt hálige lamb,
    Hy. 8, 22.
Se Hálega (Hálga, v. l. )
    Gǽsð, Past. 93, 1.
On þǽre hálgan þrynnesse naman,
    Cht. Th. 558, 36.
Úres þæs hálgan Godes Dei nostri, Ps. Th. 133, 2. II a. of a heathen deity
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  • God, héhst and hálgost (

    Jupiter

    ),
      Met. 26, 38.
of persons considered to be specially devoted to, or directed by, God, e.g. angels, prophets, apostles, saints; the epithet tends to become a mere title, cf. saint, reverend
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  • Sió hálge gecynd

    angels,

      Cri. 1018.

  • Se háliga (hálga,

    v. l.) wer (Moses), Past. 51, 17: (Nathan), 185, 22 : (St. Paul), 99, 17 : (St. Andrew), An. 168 : (St. Guthlac ),

      Gú. 79.

  • Se hálga Béda,

      Hml. S. 26, 272.

  • Heáhfæderas hálige,

      An. 877.

  • Hálige wítigan,

      Sat. 460.

  • Þá gesetton hálige fæderas and Godes folces láreówas þá tíd þæs fæstenes,

      Bl. H. 27, 25.

  • Þá háligan martyras,

      Bt. 11. 2; F. 36, 5.

  • Mid hálgum englum,

      Mk. 8, 38. III a.
    .

  • Hálgan stefne,

      Exod. 257 ; An. 56.

  • Martiras herigað Héhfæder hálgum stefnum,

      Sat. 656: An. 723.

  • Hé (

    St. Guthlac

    ) his eágan ontýnde hálge heáfdes gimmas,
      Gú. 1276.
of things.
that pertain to God
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  • Is þín nama hálig,

      An. 542.

  • Seó ród . . . hálig,

      El. 625.

  • Ðǽre hǽlga ródes

    sancte crucis,

      Rtl. 94, 9 : 120, 9.

  • Of his þám heán hálgan setle

    de excelso sancto suo,

      Ps. Th. 101, 17 : Gen. 260.

  • Hé þé gebohte blóde þý hálgan,

      Seel. 30.

  • Flód wæs ádǽled hálgum mihtum,

      Gen. 151.
that have their origin or sanction from God
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  • Hálig gewrit

    sancta scriptura,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 2.

  • Háliges gewrites

    scripturae,

      An. Ox. 40, 7.

  • Hé (

    Peter

    ) onféng ðone ealdordóm ðǽre hálgan ciericean,
      Past. 115, 8.

  • On cyrclicere ł háligere hálsunge

    ecclesiastico i. sancto exorcismo,

      An. Ox. 4082.

  • Hé hí heofonhláfe hálige (

    pane caeli

    ) gefylde,
      Ps. Th. 104, 35.

  • Þis hálige godspel,

      Bl. H. 15, 30.

  • Þurh ꝥ hálige fulwiht,

      77, 3.

  • Gif gé gehealdað hálige láre,

      Exod. 560.

  • Þurh þín hálig word,

      An. 1420.

  • Gástgifu vel háligu

    carismata, dona,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 5.

  • Hálige gewreotu,

      Bl. H. 17, 21.
of divine operations (ordinary or extraordinary) in the physical world
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  • Wæs hálig leóht ofer wéstenne, swá se wyrhta bebeád,

      Gen. 124.

  • Cóm morgen . . . hálig of heolstre,

      An. 243.
  • Cóm wuldres tácen hálig of heofenum swylce hádre sægl, 89: 1020.

  • Hálig God oferbrǽdde hálgan nette (

    the pillar of cloud)

    hát*-*wendne lyft,
      Exod. 74.

  • Hálge gimmas, sunne and mona,

      Cri. 692.

  • Hihte ic tó þínra handa hálgum dǽdum

    in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo,

      Ps. Th. 91, 3.
conformed to the will of God, free from sinful affection.
of persons,
of godly character and life
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  • Ǽlc gefullod man sý æfter his fulluhte hálig,

      Wlfst. 154, 19.

  • Ꝥ nǽre nǽfre nǽnig tó þæs hálig mon,

      Bl. H. 117, 26.

  • Hé wiste ꝥ hé wæsrihtwís and hálig,

      Mk. 6, 20.

  • Hié (

    Abraham and Sarah

    ) sǽton bútú hálig on hige,
      Gen. 2780.

  • Hié wilniað ðæt hié mon hæbbe for ðá betstan and ðá hálgestan,

      Past. 135, 20. (1 a)
    used of any part of such persons :-- Herian God hálgum reorde, Hy. 3, 58.

  • Eorþe wældreóre swealh hálge,

      Gen. 1017.

  • Manige hálige líchaman

    multa corpora sanctorum,

      Mt. 27, 52.
of actions, feelings, &c.
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  • Biþ ꝥ clǽne fæsten and hálig,

      Bl. H. 37, 31.

  • Hálegu treów,

      Gen. 2118.

  • Hǽlges hygtes

    sanctae spei,

      Rtl. 3, 26.

  • Hálgan hyhtes,

      Cri. 58.

  • Hálgum

    sanctae (uirginitati ),

      An. Ox. 960.

  • Hálgum sige

    sancta uictoria,

    2936.

  • Be hálgum lífe

    de conuersatione,

    4533.

  • Fæsten and hálige wæccan,

      Bl. H. 73, 27.

  • Þæt wé tó þám hýhstan hrófe gestígan hálgum weorcum,

      Cri. 750.

  • Þǽr þǽr mon mete and drync for sóðre Godes lufan seleð, hyt bið swíðe gód weorc, and hit bið gemong óðrum hálgum weorcum geteald,

      Ll. Th. ii. 432, 15.
of animals, not destructive or dangerous, tame cattle us opposed to
wild beasts
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  • Inc is hálig feoh and wilde deór on geweald geseald,

      Gen. 201. B. substantival.
that which is holy, a holy thing. Cf. A. I
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  • Húse þínum hálig gedafenað

    domum tuam decent sancta,

      Ps. Th. 92, 7.

  • Þæt weófod bið hálegra hálig

    altare erit sanctum sanctorum,

      Ex. 29, 37.

  • Ꝥ hálige ðe of þé ácenned býð

    that holy thing that shall be born of thee,

      Lk. 1, 35.

  • Ne sellað gé hálig (ꝥ hálige, W. S.

    sanctum

    ) hundum,
      Mt. R. L. 7, 6.
a holy place
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  • Ic ðé on hálgum ætýwe

    in sancto apparui tibi,

      Ps. Th. 62, 2.
a holy person.
of a divine person. Cf. A. II
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  • Háliges (

    Christ's

    ) hyhtplega,
      Cri. 737.

  • Gréne stondað gehroden háliges meahtum beorhtast bearwa,

      Ph. 79: Met. 29, 55: Ps. Th. 113, 2.

  • Hálges,

      Th. 399: Gú. 814.

  • Gif wé ús tó þám hálgan(

    Christ

    ) helpe geléfað,
      Sat. 291.

  • Hálgostes blǽd on blá[wende]

    Sacrosancti flatus (i. spiritus) inspirans,

      An. Ox. 1526.
a saint, prophet, &c. Cf. A. III
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  • Hé(

    St. Matthew) gesch swǽsne geféran (St. Andrew), hálig háligne, An. 1012, Heó (St. Juliana )

    þæt deófol teáh, . . . hálig hǽðenne,
      Jul. 536.
  • Seó hálge ongon frignan, 345: 589.

  • Háliges (

    Moses') láre, Exod. 307 : (St. Andrew's ),

      An. 895 : 1391.

  • Hálges (

    St. Guthlac's

    ) lára,
      Gú. 979.

  • Háligre (

    St. Juliana's

    ) fæder,
      Jul. 61.
  • Wearð þǽre hálgan hyht geníwad, 607.

  • Þæt þám hálgan (

    Noah

    ) wæs sár on móde,
      Gen. 1592 : An. 48.

  • Þǽre hálgan,

      Jul. 246.

  • Englas and heáhfæderas and wítgan and ealle hálige,

      Bl. H. 103, 33.

  • Hálge and gecorene,

      Past. 467, 32.

  • Hí hálge cwelmdon, bærndon gecorene,

      Jul. 15.
a godly person. Cf. A. V. I
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  • Þurh Crístes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode, þá þe him þeówiaþ on hálignesse,

      Bl. H. 31, 33.

  • Eardungstów Godes his hálgan (

    sancti eius

    ) synt,
      An. Ox. 40, 38.

  • On gesyhðe þára háligra

    ante conspectum sanctorum,

      Ps. Th. 51, 8.

  • Háligra helm,

      Cri. 529.
  • Scyldigra scolu áscyred weorðeð from hálgum, 1609.

  • Þinum þám hálgum,

      Ps. Th. 73, 4.

  • Ne forlǽt God nǽfre his hálge,

      36, 27.
  • Mánfulle . . . hálige under heora fótum þryccaþ. Bt. 4; F. 8, 14.

  • Hí þíne hálgan yfeladan,

      Ps. Th. 82, 3.
a sacred rite (?),
consecration
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  • Níuæs timbredes húses hálgum (hálgung?)

    encenia,

      Jn. p. 6, 6.
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v. eall-hálig, efen-hálig, fant-hálig, gást-hálig, heofon-hálig, þurh-hálig, un-hálig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hálig.” 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/51643.

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