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Old English · noun

halga

Normalised hālga

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
Modern English
unspecifiedholy manhallowsaint

halga1 · adjective · inflected form

Senses

  1. strong nominative feminine plural of hāliġ

  2. strong accusative feminine plural of hāliġ

  3. weak nominative masculine singular of hāliġ

  4. Inflected form of hāliġ

halga2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. holy man, saint (male or of unspecified gender)

    Fif and twentiġ manna myslīċe ġeuntrume cōmon tō þām hālgan heora hǣle biddende; sum wǣron blinde, sume wǣron healte, sume ēac dēafe, and dumbe ēac sum and hī ealle wurdon ānes dæġes ġehǣlede þurh þæs hālgan þingunge and him hām ġewendon.

    Twenty-five men, sickened in various ways, came to the saint begging for the health; some were blind, some were lame, some were also deaf, and some were dumb, and they were all healed in one day through the intercession of the saint and went home.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

Declension · weak

Declension of halga
SingularPlural
Nominative hālgahālgan
Accusative hālganhālgan
Genitive hālganhālgena
Dative hālganhālgum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailagō, from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy person”), weak masculine singular of *hailagaz (“holy”). Cognate with Old High German heilego (“saint”). Formally equivalent to Old Norse Helgi (proper name, literally “Holy One”).

Descendants

hallow

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