mynster
Middle English
Old English
Etymology
From Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).
Noun
mynster n
- monastery, nunnery, mother-church, cathedral[1]
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- ...and hēt hine warnian, ġif he wolde libban, þæt hē nǣre on ðām mynstre nǣfre eft ġesewen...
- ...and gave orders to warn him, if he wished to live, that he should never be seen in the monastery again...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Declension
Derived terms
- mynsterbōc
- mynsterclǣnsung
- mynsterclūse
- mynsterfæder
- mynsterfǣmne
- mynstergang
- mynstergēat
- mynsterhata
- mynsterhām
- mynsterland
- mynsterlic
- mynsterlīf
- mynstermann
- mynstermunuc
- mynsterprafost
- mynsterprēost
- mynsterscīr
- mynsterstede
- mynsterstōw
- mynstertimbung
- mynsterþegnung
- mynsterþēaw
- mynsterwīse
References
- A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, J. R. Clarke Hall, 1894, 4th ed., 1960, page 244
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