gehalgian

Meaning

1. to consecrate, dedicate, make holy, hallow

   Sē hālga tōwearp ēac sum hǣðengyld, and wolde āhēawan ǣnne hēahne pīnbēam, sē wæs ǣr ġehālgod þām hǣðenum godum

   The saint also overthrew an idol, and wanted also to cut down a pine tree that was hallowed to the heathen gods.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

2. to ordain

   An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope. Year 731 In this year Osric, king of

   The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Conjugation