fulwiht

Old English

Alternative forms

• fulht, fullwiht, fullwuht, fulluht, fulwihð, fulwuht
• fulluiht, fuluiht, fulwuiht, fwlwiht — Anglian

Etymology

An old compound from fulwian, fulliġan (“to baptize”) +‎ -þ, as if Proto-West Germanic *fullawīhiþu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfulˌwixt/, [ˈfulˌwiçt]

Noun

fulwiht n or f

1. baptism

   Paulinus biscep gehwerfde Edwine Norþhymbra cyning to fulwihte.

   Paulinus the Bishop convinced King Edwin of Northumbria to get baptized.

Declension

Declension of fulwiht (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fulwiht	fulwihtu
accusative	fulwiht	fulwihtu
genitive	fulwihtes	fulwihta
dative	fulwihte	fulwihtum

Declension of fulwiht (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fulwiht	fulwihta, fulwihte
accusative	fulwihte	fulwihta, fulwihte
genitive	fulwihte	fulwihta
dative	fulwihte	fulwihtum

Derived terms

• fulwihtfæder
• fulwihtan

Descendants

• Middle English: fulloght, folht, follauȝt, follaut, folloȝt, fulloȝt, fullouȝt, fulloutht, fulout, vollouth; fuleht, fulht, fulluhht, fulluht; folghþe, follouȝt, foluþe, fullogh, fullogth, volloȝt

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “fulluht, fulwiht”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎^[1], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.