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helgen

Pronunciation: [ˈhɛljən]

“helgen” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. saint (a dead person recognised as holy in Christianity)
  2. saint (a person who does good)

Etymology

From Old Danish hælghæn, from Old Saxon hēlagon (“saints”), definite plural of the adjective hēlag (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz, cognate of German heilig, English holy. Doublet of hellig (“holy”).

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