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Hálig

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adj. Holy; sanctus, sacer :-- Hálig sanctus, almus, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 7, 41. Ðæt hálige gewrit scribtura, Jn. Skt. 17, 12. Se háliga frófre gást paracletus sanctus spiritus, 14, 26. Hálig sealt holy salt, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm. ii. 346, 30; 344, 14. Háliges wæteres some holy water, 348, 2. Woroldlícra weorca on ðam hálgan dæge geswíce man georne let people carefully abstain from worldly works on that holy day [Sunday], L. Eth. 6, 22; Th. i. 320, 13. On ðone hálgan Ðunresdæg on holy Thursday, L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 24. Ða hálgan hádas the clergy, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 9. Hé spræc þurh hys hálegra wítegena múþ locutus est per os sanctorum prophetarum ejus, Lk. Skt. 1, 70. Ðám hálgum tídum at those holy times, L. C. S. 17; Th. i. 370, 9. Hálige béc sacros libros, L. Ecg. P. 3, 4; Th. ii. 196, 27. [Laym. hali, holy: Orm. haliȝ: Wick. hooli: O. Sax. hélag: O. Frs. hélich: Icel. heilagr: O. H. Ger. heilag: Ger. heilig.] halig
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᛚᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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