fulwiht
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Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
An old compound from fulwian, fulliġan (“to baptize”) + -þ, as if Proto-West Germanic *fullawīhiþu.
Pronunciation
Noun
fulwiht n or f
- baptism
- Paulinus biscep gehwerfde Edwine Norþhymbra cyning to fulwihte.
- Paulinus the Bishop convinced King Edwin of Northumbria to get baptized.
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 |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: fulloght, folht, follauȝt, follaut, folloȝt, fulloȝt, fullouȝt, fulloutht, fulout, vollouth, fuleht, fulht, fulluhht, fulluht (Early Middle English), folghþe, follouȝt, foluþe, fullogh, fullogth, volloȝt (Late Middle English)
References
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “fulluht, fulwiht”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le
, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
