gealpettung

Old English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From ġealpettan +‎ -ung. The suffix -ettan sporadically caused i-mutation: the attested form gælpettunga is assumed to be a Mercian dialect form with i-mutation,[1] which would correspond to West Saxon *ġielpettunga. The normalized form *ġealpettung represents a West Saxon form without i-mutation, which would correspond to Mercian *galpettung (compare galpettan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjæ͜ɑl.pet.tunɡ/, [ˈjæ͜ɑɫ.pet.tuŋɡ]

Noun

ġealpettung f

  1. noisy, boastful talking
    • 10th century or earlier, Vercelli Homilies, Homily IV 258-260:[2]
      Þa he oftost tesoword spræc in his onmedlan gælpettunga, þa earnode he me þære mæsta[n] gestynþo ⁊ þara mæstan benda.
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Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġealpettung ġealpettunga, ġealpettunge
accusative ġealpettunge ġealpettunga, ġealpettunge
genitive ġealpettunge ġealpettunga
dative ġealpettunge ġealpettungum

References

  1. ^ D. G. Scragg, editor (1992), The Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts, page xiiv
  2. ^ D. G. Scragg, editor (1992), The Vercelli Homilies and Related Texts, page 100
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