eofolsung

== Old English == === Alternative forms === eofulsung, efalsung, efolsung, efulsung, ebolsung, ebalsung yfelsung — West Saxon eofolsong, eofulsong, efalsong, ebolsong, yfelsang — corrupted === Etymology === From eofolsian +‎ -ung. === Noun === eofolsung f (chiefly Northumbrian) blasphemy ==== Usage notes ==== Attested spellings suggest a common interpretation, or possible deliberate wordplay, of *eofol +‎ sang (“song”) ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: Frequently declined as masculine a-stem, even when spelled with -ung. Strong a-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== yfelsacung ==== Related terms ==== ġeeofolsian === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “yfelsung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “eofulsung”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.