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heilagr

lýsingarorð
, usually contracted before a vowel, whereby the root vowel becomes short, thus helgan, helgir, helgum, helgar, and the definite helgi, helga; but also uncontractcd, in usage, heilagir, heilagan, heilögum, definite heilagi; [ seems not to have known the word, and renders αγιος by veihs; so also in and local names, holy places and temples are marked by a prefixed or suffixed vi-, Vi-borg, Odens-e (= Óðins-vé): heilagr is derived in a sense from heill, whole, and is consequently not so old as the primitive vé, veihs; so hâlag; holy; hêlag; heilig; hellig; helig]:
I. holy in heathen usage, helgar kindir, holy beings, I; hár baðmr heilagr, 19, ; heilög goð, holy gods; ginnheilög goð, ; heilakt land, 4; heilög (grind) fyrir helgum dyrum, 22; heilög vötn, 29, 2. 1; heilög fjöll (hélug?), 26; helgu fulli, the holy toast of Odin, song, poetry, (in a verse); af helgu skutli, from the holy table, 4; þat vatn er svá heilakt, at …, 11; brunnr mjök heilagr, 10: in local names, þat fjall kallaði hann Helga-fell, Holy-fell, 10; at þeir görði lönd sín helgari en aðrar jarðir, 20; ok kallar þá jörð nú eigi helgari en aðra, 24:—heilagir fiskar ( heilag-fiski), a halibut, helle-flynder, i. 365.
2. as a law term (and this is no doubt the original sense of the word), inviolable, one whose person is sacred, who cannot be slain with impunity, within certain boundaries; hann (fjörbaugs-maðr, ) skal heilagr vera at þeim heimilum ok í örskots-helgi við á alla vega, , i. 89; hann er heilagr á þeirri götu ok í örskots-helgi við þá götu, 132; hann verðr eigi heilagr ef eigi var sagt til heimilis hans at féráns-dómi, ok eigi verðr hann heilagr ef eigi gelzk fé þat er þar skyldi gjaldask, 133; hann er jamheilagr á götu er hann ferr til skips, 90, vide Þ. Þ. 33 ; falla óheilagr, to fall unholy, to be slain as an outlaw for whom no weregild was to be paid, and Sagas passim, the interesting passages in 5. 4, 1. 14; frið-heilagr, ‘peace-holy,’ protected, a term for birds and animals protected by law; úheilagr, outlawed, exlex: closely akin are the above phrases, in which heilagr is used as an epithet of places, h. land, fjöll,
II. holy, sanctus, passim, , hymns, sermons, ; Heilagr Audi, the Holy Ghost; helgir dagar, holy days; halda heilagt, vide halda; helgir dómar, holy relics; but helgi-dómr, holidom, sanctuarium; heilög orð, holy words; helgir siðir, holy rites; helgar bækr, holy books; helgar tíðir, horae canonicae; helgir menn, saints of the Roman church; Heilagir = Άγιοι, Christians,
2. of special feasts, Helga Vika, the Holy Week, the week after Whitsuntide, iii. to; Nóttin Helga, the Holy Night, Weihnachten; Helgi Þórs-dagr, Holy Thursday, ix.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • adj.lýsingarorð (e. adjective)
  • esp.especially.
  • mod.modern.
  • Ulf.Ulfilas.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
  • Engl.English.
  • Hel.Heliand.
  • Germ.German.
  • v. l.varia lectio.
  • i. e.id est.
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • ch.chapter.
  • sqq.following.
  • cp.compare.
  • eccl.ecclesiastical.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
  • Gm.Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
  • Hkv.Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
  • Fm.Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
  • EddaEdda. (C. I.)
  • Haustl.Haustlöng. (A. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
  • N. T.New Testament.
  • Dipl.Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)