Old English · noun
abbadisse
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈɑb.bɑ.dis.se/
- Syllables
- ˈɑb · bɑ · dis · se (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- abbotessabbess
Meaning
-
abbotess, abbess
Þā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbāne...
Then on the eighth year since she became abbotess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....
late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | abbadisse | abbadissan |
| Accusative | abbadissan | abbadissan |
| Genitive | abbadissan | abbadissena |
| Dative | abbadissan | abbadissum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abbātissa
Descendants
abbotess
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