biscopdom

Old English

Alternative forms

bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌdoːm/

Noun

bisċopdōm m (nominative plural bisċopdōmas)

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
- English: bishopdom

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bisceopdóm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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