Old English · noun
bletsung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈbleːt.sunɡ/[ˈbleːt.suŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈbleːt · sunɡ (2 syllables)
Meaning
blessing
An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.
Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blōdisungu, equivalent to blētsian + -ung.
Descendants
blessing
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