biscopdom

Old English

Alternative forms
  • bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm

Etymology

From bisċop +‎ -dōm. Cognate with Old High German biscoftuom.

Noun

bisċopdōm m (nominative plural bisċopdōmas)

  1. A bishop's province, a bishopric.

Declension
Declension of biscopdom (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative bisċopdōm bisċopdōmas
accusative bisċopdōm bisċopdōmas
genitive bisċopdōmes bisċopdōma
dative bisċopdōme bisċopdōmum

Descendants
  • Middle English: bischopdom

References
  • bisceopdóm in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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