Obs. Forms: 1 ful(l)wiht, 12 fulluht, 23 fuluht, ful(e)ht, 3 fulleht, 4 follaut, fullouȝt, folloȝt, fullauȝt, fullou(g)ht, 5 folghthe. [OE. ful(l)wiht, noun of action f. fulwian (prehistoric -wíhan): see FULL v.1] Baptism.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxi. 25. Hwæðer wæs iohannes fulluht þe of heofonum þe of mannum.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 91. Underfoð fuluht on cristes nome.
c. 1205. Lay., 9617. Þa þe time wes ifulled þæt hit [þet child] fulleht sculde habben.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 160. He was Godes baptisteþe muchele heihnesse þet he heold, ine fuluhte under his honden.
a. 1330. Otuel, 316. Þou nost what follaut is.
a. 1375. Joseph Arim., 682. Þenne com Seraphes and fullouȝt furst askes.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. XVIII. 76. Follouht is trewe.
c. 1450. Myrc, 177.
Alle these be cosynes to hym for ay | |
The preste þat foloweþ þe godfader & hys | |
Wyf knowe be-fore folghthe. |
Hence in early ME. Ful(e)htles a. [see -LESS], without baptism. Fulhte v., also Fulhtne (fulcne), v. [see -EN] trans. to baptize. Fulhtninge, fulcninge, vbl. sb. Fulcnere [see -ER1], (John the) Baptist.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 73. Mon scule childre fulhten. Ibid., Þa weren monie childre dede fulhtles.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 15. Ðre þing þat on is rihte bileue, þat oðer is fulohtninge, þe þridde þe faire liftode. Ibid., 131. Iohan þe fulcnere. Ibid., 139. Seint iohan baptiste was send into þis midden erd to donde þrefolde wike, an is to kiðen cristes to cume, oðer is bodien fulcninge, þat þridde is fulcnen.
c. 1200. Ormin, 9149. Siþþenn toc he þær þe follc To spellenn & to fullhtnenn.
c. 1205. Lay., 29769. Þeo he alle fullehteð and to gode fuseoð.
a. 1225. Leg. Kath., [see FULL v.1].