fulwiht

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

An old compound from fulwian, fulliġan (“to baptize”) +‎ -þ, as if Proto-West Germanic *fullawīhiþu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfulˌwixt/, [ˈfulˌwiçt]

Noun

fulwiht n or f

  1. baptism
    Paulinus bisċep ġehwerfde Edwine Norþhymbra cyning tō fulwihte.
    Paulinus the Bishop convinced King Edwin of Northumbria to get baptized.
    (literally, “Paulinus the Bishop converted King Edwin of Northumbria to baptism.”)
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      On þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...
      On that day Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification of the Judean folk, which was that manly limb of each of their male children was circumcised on the eighth day after his bird, and the purification was as holy as baptism is for us...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fulwiht fulwihtu
accusative fulwiht fulwihtu
genitive fulwihtes fulwihta
dative fulwihte fulwihtum

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative fulwiht fulwihta, fulwihte
accusative fulwihte fulwihta, fulwihte
genitive fulwihte fulwihta
dative fulwihte fulwihtum

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