Old English · noun
preost
Normalised prēost
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /pre͜oːst/
- Syllables
- pre͜oːst (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- priest
Meaning
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priest
⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare man ġehālgode Tātwine tō ærċebisċeop, sēo wæs ǣr in Mercum preost in Brēodūne. Hine hālgodan Daniel Wæntan bisċeop ⁊ Ingwald Lunden bisċeop ⁊ Aldwine Licetfelda ƀ ⁊ Aldulf Rofesċeastre ƀ...
And in the same year [731], Tatwine, who was previously a priest in Breodun, Mercia, was ordained archbishop. He was ordained by Daniel bishop of Winchester, Ingwald bishop of London, Aldwine bishop of Lichfield, and Aldwulf bishop of Rochester...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”).
Descendants
priest
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