eldertongue

Old English · noun

clypung

Part of speech
noun, feminine

Meaning

  1. calling

    Him andwyrde seo clypung þære godcundan stemne, Ic eom se Hælend þe ðu ehtst: ac arís nu, and far forð to ðære byrig; þær ðe bið gesǽd hwæt ðe gedafenige to donne.

    The calling of the divine voice answered him, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: but arise now, and go forth to the city; there shall it be said unto thee what it befitteth thee to do.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"

Etymology

From clypian

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