biscoprice

Old English

Alternative forms

• bisċeoprīċe

Etymology

From bisċop +‎ -rīċe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌriː.t͡ʃe/

Noun

bisċoprīċe n

1. a bishopric; a bishop's province, diocese

Declension

Declension of biscoprice (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bisċoprīċe	bisċoprīċu
accusative	bisċoprīċe	bisċoprīċu
genitive	bisċoprīċes	bisċoprīċa
dative	bisċoprīċe	bisċoprīċum

Descendants

• Middle English: bischopriche, bispryche, bisshopriche, bissopriche, byschoperyke, byschopryche, byschopryke, bysschopriche
  • English: bishopric
  • Scots: bishoprick

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “bisceopríce”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.