Old English · adjective
halig
Normalised hāliġ
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈxɑː.lij/[ˈhɑː.lij]
- Syllables
- ˈxɑː · lij (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- holysacred
Meaning
-
holy, sacred
Þā sē hālga martyr mid þām Hālgan Gāst āfylled smearcode mid mūþe and tō þām mānfullan cwæþ "Ūs ġedafenaþ tō offriġenne þām undēadlīċum gode."
Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, smiled with his mouth and to the evil man said "It benefits us to sacrifice to the immortal God."
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints -
healthy, sound
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | hāliġ | hāliġuhālġuhāliġohālġo | hāliġ |
| Accusative | hāliġne | hāliġehālġe | hāliġ |
| Genitive | hāliġeshālġes | hāliġre | hāliġeshālġes |
| Dative | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġre | hāliġumhālġum |
| Instrumental | hāliġehālġe | hāliġre | hāliġehālġe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | hāliġehālġe | hāliġahālġahāliġehālġe | hāliġuhālġuhāliġohālġo |
| Accusative | hāliġehālġe | hāliġahālġahāliġehālġe | hāliġuhālġuhāliġohālġo |
| Genitive | hāliġra | hāliġra | hāliġra |
| Dative | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum |
| Instrumental | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | hāliġahālġa | hāliġehālġe | hāliġehālġe |
| Accusative | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġehālġe |
| Genitive | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan |
| Dative | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan |
| Instrumental | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan |
| Accusative | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan | hāliġanhālġan |
| Genitive | hāliġrahāliġenahālġena | hāliġrahāliġenahālġena | hāliġrahāliġenahālġena |
| Dative | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum |
| Instrumental | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum | hāliġumhālġum |
All forms (20)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, equivalent to hāl + -iġ. Cognate with Old Frisian hēlich, Old Saxon hēlag, Old High German heilag, Old Norse heilagr, Gothic (hailags).
Descendants
holy
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/halig · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution