bletsung

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blōdisungu, equivalent to blētsian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbleːt.sunɡ/, [ˈbleːt.suŋɡ]

Noun

blētsung f

  1. blessing
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.
      Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.

Inflection

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative blētsung blētsunga, blētsunge
accusative blētsunge blētsunga, blētsunge
genitive blētsunge blētsunga
dative blētsunge blētsungum

Descendants

  • Middle English: bletsunge, blessinge, blissinge
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