halsung
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, hālsian (“to entreat”) + -ung
Noun
hālsung f
- supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration
- exorcism
- augury
- Synonym: wiġlung
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hālsung | hālsunga, hālsunge |
| accusative | hālsunge | hālsunga, hālsunge |
| genitive | hālsunge | hālsunga |
| dative | hālsunge | hālsungum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hálsung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.