A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary / For the Use of Students

by J. R. Clark Hall

hāleg- = hālg-

[ ±hālettan] (ǣ) to greet, hail, salute.

[ hālettend] m. middle finger (used in saluting), WW.

[ hālettung] f. greeting, salutation.

[ hālfæst] pious? healthy? RB 72⁶.

[ hālga] I. wk. form of adj. hālig.

[II.] m. saint, Æ, Ct. [‘hallow’]

hālgawaras = [hāligwaras]

[ ±hālgian] to ‘hallow,’ sanctify, Æ, Jn: consecrate, dedicate, ordain, BH, Bl, Chr; Æ: reverence, †Hy: keep holy, Bl.

[ +hālgigend] m. sanctifier, DHy 64².