Old English · noun
beladung
Normalised belādung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /beˈlɑː.dunɡ/[beˈlɑː.duŋɡ]
- Syllables
- be · ˈlɑː · dunɡ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- excuse
Meaning
-
excuse
Mīne ġebroðra, hwylċe belādunge mage wē habban, ġif wē gōdra weorca ġeswicað, wē ðe fram ċildcradole tō Godes ġelēafan cōmon?
My brothers, what excuse do we have, we who came to the faith of God from the cradle, if we fail to perform good works?
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Equivalent to be- + lādung or belādian + -ung.
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