cristnung
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, crīstnian (“to christen”) + -ung
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkriːst.nunɡ/, [ˈkriːst.nuŋɡ]
Noun
crīstnung f
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crīstnung | crīstnunga, crīstnunge |
| accusative | crīstnunge | crīstnunga, crīstnunge |
| genitive | crīstnunge | crīstnunga |
| dative | crīstnunge | crīstnungum |
Descendants
- Middle English: cristenynge, cristening, cristenyng, cristninge, cristnyng, crystenyng, crystynning
- English: christening
- Scots: kirstenin
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “crístnung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.