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hálsung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hálsung, heálsung, e; f.
Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greeting[?]
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  • Micel is seó hálsung and mǽre is seó hálgung ðe deófla áfyrsaþ

    great is the exorcising and greater is the hallowing that drives away devils,

      L. C. E ; Th. i. 360, 28.
  • Hálsung

    exorcismus,

    Mone
      Gl. 414.
  • Mid wépendre hálsunga hine bǽdon

    with weeping supplication prayed him,

      Blickl. Homl. 87, 8.
  • Hé breác ealdre heálsunge

    vetere usus augurio,

      Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 40.
  • On hálsunge

    in auspicium,

      2, 9; S. 510, 13.
  • Mid eárum onfóh míne hálsunge

    auribus percipe obsecrationem meam,

      Ps. Th. 142, 1.
  • Hálsunga dóþ

    obsecrationes faciunt,

      Lk. Skt. 5, 33.
  • Se ðe hálsunga behealdaþ

    quicunque exorcismos observat,

      L. Ecg. C. 29, note; Th. ii. 154, 29.
  • Hie [the rich] hæfdon oforgedrync and dyslíce and unrǽdlíce hálsunga

    they had excessive drinking and foolish and thoughtless greetings

    [?], Blickl. Homl. 99, 21.
  • On hálsungum

    in obsecrationibus,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 37.
  • On hálsungum

    precibus,

      L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 136, 19.
Etymology
[A. R. halsung supplication: O. H. Ger. heilisunga omen, auspicium: cf.[?] Icel. heilsan greeting.]
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v.  hǽlsung hálsian.
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  • hálsung, n.