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 holiness, sanctity something holy, such as a relic sanctuary (holy place) worship; practices, rites ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== 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.