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holy.weak.dat.sg.n

Lemma: hāliġ "holy" (oe-adj-weak-dat-sg-n)

hāliġ

ADJ

holy; sanctus, sacer

Attested in Caedmon's Hymn, Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia (halgan)

originates from: PWGmc *hailag "holy" (hailag > hailæg > hālæg > hālæġ > hāliġ) through pwgmc-to-oe
(source: Ringe 2014:335)
Inflected forms
halgan "holy.weak.dat.sg.n" (oe-adj-weak-dat-sg-n)
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