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Old English · noun

biscop

Normalised bisċop

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈbiʃ.ʃop/
Syllables
ˈbiʃ · ʃop (2 syllables)
Modern English
bishop

Meaning

  1. bishop

    An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere.

    Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of biscop
SingularPlural
Nominative bisċopbisċopas
Accusative bisċopbisċopas
Genitive bisċopesbisċopa
Dative bisċopebisċopum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Derived from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Descendants

bishop

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