helgon

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hælghon, from Old Saxon hēlagon (“saints”), definite plural of the adjective hēlag (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, cognate of German heilig, English holy. Compare Danish helgen. === Noun === helgon n (religion) saint (a dead person recognised as holy) ==== Declension ==== === References === “helgon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “helgon”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “helgon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) helgon in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)