eldertongue

Old English · noun

bisc̃

Part of speech
noun, masculine

Meaning

  1. scribal abbreviation of bisċop

    An. DCCIX Hēr Aldhelm bisc̃. forðfērde, sē wæs bē Westanwuda bisc̃.

    Year 709 In this year Bishop Aldhelm, who was bishop of the area west of Sherbourne, died.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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