Old English · noun
halge
Normalised hālġe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈxɑːl.je/[ˈhɑːɫ.je]
- Syllables
- ˈxɑːl · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- holysaint
Meaning
-
holy woman, (female) saint
Sēo hālġe stōd unġewemde wlite. Næs hire feax ne fell fȳre ġemǣled.
The saint stood with unblemished beauty. Neither her hair nor her skin were marked by the fire.
Cynewulf, "Juliana"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hailagā.
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