halignes

Old English

Alternative forms

• hāliġnys, hāliġnis

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hailaganassī. Cognate with Old High German heilagnessi. Equivalent to hāliġ +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑː.lij.nes/, [ˈhɑː.lij.nes]

Noun

hāliġnes f

1. holiness, sanctity
2. something holy, such as a relic
3. sanctuary (holy place)
4. worship; practices, rites

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hāliġnes	hāliġnessa, hāliġnesse
accusative	hāliġnesse	hāliġnessa, hāliġnesse
genitive	hāliġnesse	hāliġnessa
dative	hāliġnesse	hāliġnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: halinesse, holinesse, holynesse
  • English: holiness
  • Scots: halynes, halines

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hálignes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.