eofolsung
Old English
Alternative forms
- eofulsung, efalsung, efolsung, efulsung, ebolsung, ebalsung
- yfelsung — West Saxon
- eofolsong, eofulsong, efalsong, ebolsong, yfelsang — corrupted
Etymology
Noun
eofolsung f (chiefly Northumbrian)
Usage notes
Attested spellings suggest a common interpretation, or possible deliberate wordplay, of *eofol + sang (“song”)
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eofolsung | eofolsunga, eofolsunge |
| accusative | eofolsunge | eofolsunga, eofolsunge |
| genitive | eofolsunge | eofolsunga |
| dative | eofolsunge | eofolsungum |
Frequently declined as masculine a-stem, even when spelled with -ung.
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eofolsung | eofolsungas |
| accusative | eofolsung | eofolsungas |
| genitive | eofolsunges | eofolsunga |
| dative | eofolsunge | eofolsungum |
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References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “yfelsung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “eofulsung”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le , Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.