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

baptism
Paulinus biscep gehwerfde Edwine Norþhymbra cyning to fulwihte.
Paulinus the Bishop convinced King Edwin of Northumbria to get baptized.

Declension

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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 ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.

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