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Old English
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Etymology
From ġealpettan + -ung. The suffix -ettan sporadically caused i-mutation: the attested form gælpettunga is assumed to be a Mercian dialect form with i-mutation,[1] which would correspond to West Saxon *ġielpettunga. The normalized form *ġealpettung represents a West Saxon form without i-mutation, which would correspond to Mercian *galpettung (compare galpettan).
Pronunciation
Noun
ġealpettung f
- noisy, boastful talking
10th century or earlier,
Vercelli Homilies, Homily IV 258-260:
[2]- Þa he oftost tesoword spræc in his onmedlan gælpettunga, þa earnode he me þære mæsta gestynþo ⁊ þara mæstan benda.
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
References
- ^ D. G. Scragg, editor (1992), The Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts, page xiiv
- ^ D. G. Scragg, editor (1992), The Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts, page 100