gehalgian
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *gahailagōn, By surface analysis, ġe- + hālgian.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ġehālgian
- to consecrate, dedicate, make holy, hallow
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Sē hālga tōwearp ēac sum hǣðengyld, and wolde āhēawan ǣnne hēahne pīnbēam, sē wæs ǣr ġehālgod þām hǣðenum godum
- The saint also overthrew an idol, and wanted also to cut down a pine tree that was hallowed to the heathen gods.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- to ordain
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope.
- Year 731 In this year Osric, king of the Northumbrians, was slain, and Ceolwulf ascended to the throne and held it for eight years. Ceolwulf was son of Cutha, Cutha son of Cuthwine, Cuthwine son of Leodwald, Leodwald son of Edgewald, Edgewald son of Ealdhelm, Ealdhelm son of Ocea, Ocea son of Ida, [and] Ida son of Eoppa. And in the same year Archbishop Brightwald died and Tatwine was ordained as archbishop.
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | ġehālgian | ġehālgienne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
| first person singular | ġehālgiġe | ġehālgode |
| second person singular | ġehālgast | ġehālgodest |
| third person singular | ġehālgaþ | ġehālgode |
| plural | ġehālgiaþ | ġehālgodon |
| subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
| singular | ġehālgiġe | ġehālgode |
| plural | ġehālgiġen | ġehālgoden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | ġehālga | |
| plural | ġehālgiaþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| ġehālgiende | ġehālgod | |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ge-hálgian”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.