Helga

Old Icelandic Dictionary - helga

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "helga" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

helga Old Icelandic word can mean:

helga
(að), v.
helga
1) ~ sér land to appropriate land by performing sacred rites;
helga
2) to hallow to one (hét hann at ~ Þór allt landnám sitt);
helga
3) ~ þing, to proclaim the sanctity of a meeting;
helga
~ e-n, to proclaim a person inviolable;
helga
4) refl., ~st to he sanctifled.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚᚴᛅ

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