Old English · noun

beofung

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ˈbe͜o.funɡ/
[ˈbe͜o.vuŋɡ]
Syllables: ˈbe͜o · funɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English: shaking trembling

Meaning

shaking, trembling

Declension

Declension of beofung
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	beofung	beofunga beofunge
Accusative	beofunge	beofunga beofunge
Genitive	beofunge	beofunga
Dative	beofunge	beofungum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bibungu. Equivalent to bifian + -ung. The -eo- is from back umlaut, which did not affect bifian because its second syllable lacked a back vowel. The alternative form bifung has its -i- leveled in from bifian.

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