biscopdom

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bisċop +‎ -dōm. Cognate with Old High German biscoftuom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌdoːm/

Noun

bisċopdōm m (nominative plural bisċopdōmas)

  1. a bishop's province, a bishopric
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      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.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative bisċopdōm bisċopdōmas
accusative bisċopdōm bisċopdōmas
genitive bisċopdōmes bisċopdōma
dative bisċopdōme bisċopdōmum

Descendants

  • Middle English: biscopdom, biscopdome, *bischopdom

References

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