declinung

Old English

Etymology

declīnian +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeˌkliː.nunɡ/, [ˈdeˌkliː.nuŋɡ]

Noun

declīnung f

1. (grammar) declension
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Ealle naman...bēoþ ġebīgede on fīf declinungum.

     All nouns...are inflected in five declensions.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	declīnung	declīnunga, declīnunge
accusative	declīnunge	declīnunga, declīnunge
genitive	declīnunge	declīnunga
dative	declīnunge	declīnungum

Synonyms

• ġebīeġednes

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “DECLĪNUNG”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.