helag

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailag, whence also Old English hāliġ, Old Frisian hēlich, Old High German heilag, Old Norse heilagr, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌲𐍃 (hailags).

Adjective

hēlag

  1. holy, sacred

Declension


Descendants

  • Middle Low German: hilch, hillich (inflected hillig-)
    • Westphalian:
      Paderbornisch: hilg-, (en) Hilgen
      Münsterländisch: hillig
      Westmünsterländisch: hillig
      East Westphalian: hilg (Ravensbergisch)
    • Plautdietsch: heilich
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