clænsung

Old English

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Etymology

By surface analysis, clǣnsian (“to purify”) +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklæːn.sunɡ/, [ˈklæːn.zuŋɡ]

Noun

clǣnsung f

  1. purification
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      On þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...
      On that day Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification of the Judean folk, which was that manly limb of each of their male children was circumcised on the eighth day after his bird, and the purification was as holy as baptism is for us...

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative clǣnsung clǣnsunga, clǣnsunge
accusative clǣnsunge clǣnsunga, clǣnsunge
genitive clǣnsunge clǣnsunga
dative clǣnsunge clǣnsungum

Derived terms

References

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