Noun: geldyng
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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& thei wenten doun bothe into the water, Philip & the geldyng, & Philip baptiside hym. (and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. (KJV)) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Dedis of Apoſtlis 8:38, folio 96, verso, column 2, line 19; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Nouns inflected like geldyng
schimeringe,
synger,
serche,
sengle,
snoute,
saucer,
sauter,
sapour,
saphir,
sachel,
sculle,
scrape,
scrowe,
scisme,
sclate,
schyfe,
schyve,
schole,
schere,
schave, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse geldingr (“wether, eunuch”), from gelda (“to castrate”). Equivalent to gelden + -yng. See: Old Norse Nouns '
geldingr'.
Verbs referencing "geldyng"
English Nouns
gelding.
Translations