p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad To consecrate, dedicate, initiate, ordain, hallow, make holy, sanctify; consecrāre, dedĭcāre, sacrāre, inĭtĭāre, ordĭnāre, sanctĭfĭcāre :-- Hét se pápa hine to bisceope gehálgian the pope commanded to consecrate him bishop, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 9 : 3, 24; S. 556, 19. Ðæt híg woldon híg sylfe gehálgian ut sanctĭfĭcārent seipsos, Jn. Bos. 11, 55. Siððan ðú gehálgast hira handa postquam inĭtiāvĕris mănus eōrum, Ex. 29, 9, 35. Ðú gehálgast ðæt gehálgode anribb and ðone bóh sanctĭfĭcābis et pectuscŭlum consecrātum et armum, 29, 27, 36. He gehálgode wín of wætere he hallowed wine from water, Andr. Kmbl. 1171; An. 586 : 3298; An. 1652. Wælhreów Criste gehálgode offrunge tyrannus Christo sacrāvit victĭmam, Hymn. Surt. 52, 11. Gif preóst on treowenan calice húsl gehálgige if a priest consecrate housel in a wooden chalice, L. N. P. L. 14; Th. ii. 292, 20. Ðis hús ðé gehálgod ys hæc dŏmus tibi dedĭcāta est, Hymn. Surt. 141, 18 : L. Ælf. C. 25; Th. ii. 352, 13. Sý ðín nama gehálgod hallowed be thy name, Homl. Th. ii. 596, 5 : Hy. 6, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 3 : 7, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 18. He wæs gehálgod fram Scottum ordĭnātus a Scottis, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 22. On gehálgodre cirican in a consecrated church, L. Edg. C. 30; Th. ii. 250, 19. ge-halgian