cristnung

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, crīstnian (“to christen”) +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkriːst.nunɡ/, [ˈkriːst.nuŋɡ]

Noun

crīstnung f

1. christening

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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “crístnung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.