biscophad

Old English

Alternative forms

bisċeophād

Etymology

From bisċop +‎ -hād.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌxɑːd/, [ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌhɑːd]

Noun

bisċophād m

bishophood, a bishop's office or state, a bishopric, episcopate

Declension

Declension of biscophad (strong u-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bisċophād	bisċophāda
accusative	bisċophād	bisċophāda
genitive	bisċophāda	bisċophāda
dative	bisċophāda	bisċophādum

Descendants

Middle English: bischophod, bischophad, bisschophode, bischophed
- English: bishophood

References

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

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