bletsung

Old English

Alternative forms

• blēdsung, blœ̄dsung, blœ̄tsung

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *blōdisungu, equivalent to blētsian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbleːt.sunɡ/, [ˈbleːt.suŋɡ]

Noun

blētsung f

1. blessing
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrēd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.

     Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged the Celts of Cornwall from the east to the west.

Inflection

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	blētsung	blētsunga, blētsunge
accusative	blētsunge	blētsunga, blētsunge
genitive	blētsunge	blētsunga
dative	blētsunge	blētsungum

Descendants

• Middle English: bletsunge, blessinge, blissinge
  • English: blessing
  • Scots: blessing, blyssyng, blissing