Old English · noun
biscopdom
Normalised bisċopdōm
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌdoːm/
- Syllables
- ˈbiʃ · ʃop · ˌdoːm (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- bishopdomprovincebishop'sbishopricbishop
Meaning
-
a bishop's province, a bishopric
An. DCXLIX Hēr Æġelbriht of Galwalum æfter Byrine þām Rōmanisċa bisċop onfeng Sexena bisċopdōmas. Year 649In this year Ægelbriht [came] from Gaul and took over the Saxon bishoprics from the Roman bishop Birinus.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bisċopdōm | bisċopdōmas |
| Accusative | bisċopdōm | bisċopdōmas |
| Genitive | bisċopdōmes | bisċopdōma |
| Dative | bisċopdōme | bisċopdōmum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bisċop + -dōm. Cognate with Old High German biscoftuom.
Descendants
bishopdom
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