halsung
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, hālsian (“to entreat”) + -ung
Noun
[edit]hālsung f
- supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration
- exorcism
- augury
- Synonym: wiġlung
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hālsung | hālsunga, hālsunge |
| accusative | hālsunge | hālsunga, hālsunge |
| genitive | hālsunge | hālsunga |
| dative | hālsunge | hālsungum |
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hálsung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.