Frófor-gást

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - frófor-gást

According to the Old English Dictionary:

frófer-gást, es;

frófor-gást
m. The Spirit of comfort, the Holy Ghost, Paraclete; consōlātiōnis Spīrĭtus, Spīrĭtus Sanctus, Paraclētus = GREEK: Se Hálga Gást is geháten on Gréciscum gereorde Paraclitus, ðæt is, Fróforgást, forðíðe he fréfraþ ða dreórian the Holy Ghost is called in the Greek tongue GREEK, that is Spirit of comfort, because he comforts the sad, Homl. Th. i. 322, 21. frofor-gast
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