"clænsung" meaning in Old English

See clænsung in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈklæːn.sunɡ/, [ˈklæːn.zuŋɡ]
Etymology: By surface analysis, clǣnsian (“to purify”) + -ung Etymology templates: {{surf|ang|clǣnsian|-ung|t1=to purify}} By surface analysis, clǣnsian (“to purify”) + -ung Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=clǣnsung|head2=|sort=}} clǣnsung f, {{ang-noun|f|head=clǣnsung}} clǣnsung f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|clǣnsung}}, {{ang-decl-noun|clǣnsung|clǣnsunga,clǣnsunge|clǣnsunge|clǣnsunga,clǣnsunge|clǣnsunge|clǣnsunga|clǣnsunge|clǣnsungum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: clǣnsung [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], clǣnsung [nominative, singular], clǣnsunga [nominative, plural], clǣnsunge [nominative, plural], clǣnsunge [accusative, singular], clǣnsunga [accusative, plural], clǣnsunge [accusative, plural], clǣnsunge [genitive, singular], clǣnsunga [genitive, plural], clǣnsunge [dative, singular], clǣnsungum [dative, plural]
  1. purification Derived forms: mynsterclǣnsung
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          "english": "On that day Christ underwent the traditional circumcision and purification of the Judean folk, which was that manly limb of each of their male children was circumcised on the eighth day after his bird, and the purification was as holy as baptism is for us...",
          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nOn þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...",
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      "ipa": "[ˈklæːn.zuŋɡ]"
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        "5": "clǣnsunge",
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          "text": "late 9th century, Old English Martyrology\nOn þǣm dæġe Crīst onfeng þā ealdan ymbsnidenysse ond þā ealdan clǣsnunge Iūdea folces, þæt þonne wæs þæt hīe æġhwelċum cnihtċilde ymbsnidon þæt werlīċe līm on þǣm eahteðan dæġe æfter his acennisse, ond sēo clǣsnung him wæs swā hȧliġ swā ūs is fullwiht...",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklæːn.sunɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈklæːn.zuŋɡ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clænsung"
}

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