helgon.
saint (a dead person recognised as holy)
Meaning & usage
saint (a dead person recognised as holy)
Where this word comes from
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.
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