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hálig-nes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hálig-nes, -ness, e; f.
holiness, sanctity
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  • 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.
a holy thing, relic
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  • 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.
a holy place, sanctuary
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  • 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.
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v.  hǽlnes.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hálig-nes.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18050.

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