Old English · noun
clænsung
Normalised clǣnsung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈklæːn.sunɡ/[ˈklæːn.zuŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈklæːn · sunɡ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- purification
Meaning
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purification
On þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...
On that day Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification of the Judean folk, which was that manly limb of each of their male children was circumcised on the eighth day after his bird, and the purification was as holy as baptism is for us...
late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
By surface analysis, clǣnsian (“to purify”) + -ung
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