eldertongue

Old English · noun

gewissung

Normalised ġewissung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
Modern English
information

Meaning

  1. information

    Nis geræd on nanre bec nan swutelre gewissung be hire geendunge, buton þæt heo nu to-dæg wuldorfullice of þam lichaman gewát.

    There is not read in any book any more manifest information of her end, but that she on this day gloriously departed from the body.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Assumption of the Blessed Mary"

Declension

Declension of gewissung
SingularPlural
Nominative ġewissungġewissungaġewissunge
Accusative ġewissungeġewissungaġewissunge
Genitive ġewissungeġewissunga
Dative ġewissungeġewissungum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From ġewissian + -ung.

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