Old English · noun
arcebiscop
Normalised arċebisċop
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˌɑr.t͡ʃeˈbiʃ.ʃop/[ˌɑrˠ.t͡ʃeˈbiʃ.ʃop]
- Syllables
- ˌɑr · t͡ʃe · ˈbiʃ · ʃop (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- archbishop
Meaning
-
archbishop
An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope. Year 731 In this year Osric, king of
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arċebisċop | arċebisċopas |
| Accusative | arċebisċop | arċebisċopas |
| Genitive | arċebisċopes | arċebisċopa |
| Dative | arċebisċope | arċebisċopum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin archiepiscopus, equivalent to arċe- + bisċop. Compare Old Frisian arcebiskop, Old High German erzibiscof, Old Norse erkibiskup.
Descendants
archbishop
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