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consecration. v. hálgian;
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  • Ne sind ealle cyricean ná gelícre mǽðe weoruldlíce wurðscipes wyrðe, þeáh hig godcundlíce hálgunge habban gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 360, 17. I a.

    consecration

    of a person to an office. v. hálgian ; II a :-- Hér forðférde bisceop
      Aðelwold, and seó hálgung þæs æfterfilgendon bisceopes . . . wæs xiii. Kt. Noú, Chr. 984; P. 124, 3.

  • Þǽr wǽron æt his hálgunge twégen ercebisceopas, 979; P. 122, 23. I b. blessing that imparts special virtue. v. hálgian; II b :-- Hálgunge gecrístnad exorcismi catacizatus (ecclesiastico

    exorcismo catechizatus,

      Ald. 57, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 55 : 31, 12.

  • Ná béte nán man ꝥ fýr (the fire at the ordeal) ná længe þonne man þá hálgunge onginne, Ll. Th. i. 226, 26. I b β.

    consecration of

    the Eucharistic elements, v. hálgian ; II b β :-- Micel is seó hálsung and mǽre is seó hálgung þe deófla áfyrsað . . . swá oft swá man fullað oþþe húsel hálgað,
      Ll. Th. i. 360, 32.
hallowing, holding in honour as holy. v. hálgian;
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  • Seó hálgung þæs mǽran naman Godes ongann ús mannum þá þá Críst wearð geflǽschamed ; ac seó ylce hálgung wunað on écnysse, for ðan ðe wé on ðám écan lífe bletsiað and herigað ǽfre Godes naman,

      Hml. Th. i. 270, 20 — 23.
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v. ciric-hálgung, crism-hálgung, fant-hálgung, ge-hálgung, getimber-hálgung, healh-hálgung (?), húsel-hálgung, sealt-hálgung, templ-hálgung, wæter-hálgung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hálgung.” 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/51640.

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