abbedi

Borrowed from Middle Low German abbedīe, from Old Saxon *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā.

• IPA^(key): /abedi/, [ɑb̥eˈd̥iˀ], [ab̥eˈd̥iˀ]

abbedi n (singular definite abbediet, plural indefinite abbedier)

1. abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)

• “abbedi” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from Middle Low German abbedīe, from Old Saxon *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā.

• IPA^(key): /abəˈdiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ab‧be‧di

abbedi n (definite singular abbediet, indefinite plural abbedi or abbedier, definite plural abbedia or abbediene)

1. (Christianity) an abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
   • 1987, Sissel Lange-Nielsen, Laokoon, page 109:

     som levebrød fikk jeg tildelt et godt abbedi som innbragte meg 12000 dukater årlig

     as a livelihood, I was assigned a good abbey that brought me 12,000 ducats annually

• abbed (“abbot”)
• abbedisse (“abbess”)

• “abbedi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abbedi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abbedi” in Store norske leksikon

Borrowed from Middle Low German abbedīe, from Old Saxon *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā.

abbedi n (definite singular abbediet, indefinite plural abbedi, definite plural abbedia)

1. an abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)

• abbed
• abbedisse

• “abbedi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.