hal +‎ -ig

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒliɡ]
• Hyphenation: ha‧lig

halig

1. terminative singular of hal

• hāleġ, hālæġ
• hǣliġ

From Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, equivalent to hāl +‎ -iġ.

Cognate with Old Frisian hēlich, Old Saxon hēlag, Old High German heilag, Old Norse heilagr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.lij/, [ˈhɑː.lij]

hāliġ (comparative hāliġra, superlative hālgost)

1. holy, sacred
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Þā sē hālga martyr mid þām Hālgan Gāst āfylled smearcode mid mūþe and tō þām mānfullan cwæþ "Ūs ġedafenaþ tō offriġenne þām undēadlīċum gode."

     Then the holy martyr, filled with the Holy Spirit, smiled with his mouth and to the evil man said "It benefits us to sacrifice to the immortal God."

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, quoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"

     Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.

     The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard me.

2. healthy, sound

• hālga
• hāliġnes
• Hāliġ Gāst
• hāliġlīċe
• unhāliġ

• Middle English: holy
  • English: holy
  • Scots: haly, halie
  • Yola: holly, holy