Old English · noun
gealpettung
Normalised ġealpettung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈjæ͜ɑl.pet.tunɡ/[ˈjæ͜ɑɫ.pet.tuŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈjæ͜ɑl · pet · tunɡ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- noisytalkingboastful
Meaning
-
noisy, boastful talking
Þa he oftost tesoword spræc in his onmedlan gælpettunga, þa earnode he me þære mæsta[n] gestynþo ⁊ þara mæstan benda.
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10th century or earlier, Vercelli Homilies, Homily IV 258-260
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ġealpettung | ġealpettungaġealpettunge |
| Accusative | ġealpettunge | ġealpettungaġealpettunge |
| Genitive | ġealpettunge | ġealpettunga |
| Dative | ġealpettunge | ġealpettungum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From ġealpettan + -ung. The suffix -ettan sporadically caused i-mutation: the attested form gælpettunga is assumed to be a Mercian dialect form with i-mutation, which would correspond to West Saxon *ġielpettunga. The normalized form *ġealpettung represents a West Saxon form without i-mutation, which would correspond to Mercian *galpettung (compare galpettan).
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