fulwiht

Old English

Alternative forms
  • fulht, fullwiht, fullwuht, fulluht, fulwihð, fulwuht
  • fulluiht, fuluiht, fulwuiht, fwlwiht — Anglian

Etymology

An old compound from fulwian, fulliġan (“to baptize”) +‎ -þ, as if Proto-West Germanic *fullawīhiþu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfulˌwixt/, [ˈfulˌwiçt]

Noun

fulwiht n or f

  1. baptism
    Paulinus biscep gehwerfde Edwine Norþhymbra cyning to fulwihte.
    Paulinus the Bishop convinced King Edwin of Northumbria to get baptized.

Declension
Declension of fulwiht (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fulwiht fulwihtu
accusative fulwiht fulwihtu
genitive fulwihtes fulwihta
dative fulwihte fulwihtum
Declension of fulwiht (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fulwiht fulwihta, fulwihte
accusative fulwihte fulwihta, fulwihte
genitive fulwihte fulwihta
dative fulwihte fulwihtum

Derived terms

Descendants

References
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