Ealra Hālgena Ǣfen
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Ealra Hālgena Ǣfen (Nīwe Englisc: Hallowe'en) is hāligdæg þæt man cūþ æt niht 31 Winterfylleþ. In þisse nihte, cildru weriaþ synderlice clāðas and faraþ fram dura tō dura tō samnienne swētu. Man hit cūþ in mǣstum þǣre westernan worulde, ac oftost in þǣm Geānlǣhtum Underrīcum American, for þǣm þe Īras, Scottas and ōðer folc habbaþ ealdre cynnan þisses dæges þider gebrōht in þǣm 19um gēarhundrede.
Se Nīwa Englisca nama Halloween cymþ of þǣm ealdum gesceape Hallowe'en, and þǣm ealdum gesceape "All Hallow's Eve", for þǣm þe hit is ǣfen ǣr þǣm crīstenan hāligdæge, þe man hātte Ealra Hālgena Dæg. Se hāligdæg wæs gildlic dæg for þǣre hǣðenre ǣ in norðum Europan, oþ þæt crīstenfolc habbaþ hit āgnetted (mid Crīstesmæssan and Ēastre, twǣm oðrum norðum Europāiscum hǣðnum hāligdagum) and hit habbaþ crīstene dōm giefen. Ealra Hālgena Ǣfen is ēac gehāten swā se Dæg þǣra Dēadra, and hē is symbeldæg for Wiccan and oðrum todæges hǣðenum ǣm. Hwæþre þes haligdæg næfþ ǣfestlīce ingehygd for þǣm mǣstum folce.