gealpettung
Old English
[edit]
The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]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[n] gestynþo ⁊ þara mæstan benda.
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġealpettung | ġealpettunga, ġealpettunge |
| accusative | ġealpettunge | ġealpettunga, ġealpettunge |
| genitive | ġealpettunge | ġealpettunga |
| dative | ġealpettunge | ġealpettungum |