fulloght
Middle English
Alternative forms
- folht, follauȝt, follaut, folloȝt, fulloȝt, fullouȝt, fulloutht, fulout, vollouth
- fuleht, fulht, fulluhht, fulluht (Early Middle English)
- folghþe, follouȝt, foluþe, fullogh, fullogth, volloȝt (Late Middle English)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English fulluht, fulwiht; equivalent to fullen + -th.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈful(u)xt/, /ˈfulɔxt/, /ˈfuluːxt/
Noun
fulloght (uncountable)
- baptism (Christian sacrament involving dipping or sprinkling with water)
- Synonyms: bapteme, baptisynge
- c. 1180, Orͬm, “[Dedication]”, in Orͬmulum (Bodleian MS. Junius 1), Bourne Abbey, Lincolnshire, folio 3, recto; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2019 January 10:
- Nu broþerr Ƿallꞇ͛. broþerͬ min. Affꞇ͛ þe flæsheſſ kĩde⹎ ⁊ broþerͬ mın ı crıſſtenndom. Þurrh fulluhht⹎ ⁊ þurrh troꟕþe⹎ ⁊ broþerr mın ı ꟑodeſſ huſ […]
- Now, Brother Walter, my brother by blood relation and in Christendom, through baptism and faith, and my brother in God's house […]
References
- “fulloght, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.