Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Hálig-nes

Back to Letter H
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 hálig-nes

f. I. holiness, sanctity :-- Hálygnyss sanctitas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 22. Hálignys on hálignysse hys sanctimonia in sanctificatione ejus, Ps. Spl. 95, 6. On rihtwísnesse and on hálignesse in righteousness and in holiness, Blickl. Homl. 31, 36: 155, 31. On hálignesse in sanctitate, Lk. Skt. 1, 75: Ps. Th. 88, 32. II. a holy thing, relic :-- Seó hálignis the relic, St. And. 42, 7. Ic háte ðé Veronix ðæt ðú ágif mé ða hálignysse ðe ðú myd ðé hæfst. Veronix him ðá swýðe wiðsóc and sǽde, ðæt heó náne hálignyssa myd hyre næfde I command thee, Veronica, that thou give up to me the relic that thou hast with thee. Then Veronica vehemently refused and said that she had no relics with her, 40, 31-4. III. a holy place, sanctuary :-- Gecwǽdon ðæt hí hálignesse Godes gesettan dixerunt, possideamus sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Th. 82, 9. Hálignessa sindon tó griðleáse sanctuaries are too unprotected, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 106, 41. Inngongende and útgongende beforan Gode tó ðám hálignessum quando ingreditur et egreditur sanctuarium in conspectu Domini, Past. 15, 4; Swt. 93, 7. [O. H. Ger. heilagnissa sanctificatio, sanctitas.] Cf. hálig-dóm. halig-nes
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᛚᛁᚷ-ᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German

Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
View All Sources