βαπτίζειν/ -ίσμα/ -ίστής (baptizare/-isma/-ista): daupyan, daupeins, daupyands (sc. John the Baptist); cf. ufdaupyan, 'dip', diups, 'deep'; Ger. taufen.It's not a matter of earth-shattering significance, but it is interesting as a minor lexical note to observe that the fourth-century Greek/Latin/Goth speaker Ulfila (see earlier discussion here - and here) evidently understood "baptism" narrowly as "dip" as opposed to more broadly as "wash" or the like.
-TurretinFan
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