scotung
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, sċōtian (“to shoot”) + -ung
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃoː.tunɡ/, [ˈʃoː.tuŋɡ]
Noun
sċōtung f
- christening
- a missile; something that is shot or fired
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sċōtung | sċōtunga, sċōtunge |
| accusative | sċōtunge | sċōtunga, sċōtunge |
| genitive | sċōtunge | sċōtunga |
| dative | sċōtunge | sċōtungum |
Descendants
- English: shooting
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “scotung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.