abbod

Old English

Alternative forms

• abbad, abbud

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbātem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑb.bod/

Noun

abbod m

1. abbot
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"

     Þā ġecwæð sē abbod and ealle þā ġebrōðra þæt þēr ne mihte nā mā muneca wunian...

     Then said the abbot and all the brothers, that no more monks could dwell there...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	abbod	abbodas
accusative	abbod	abbodas
genitive	abbodes	abboda
dative	abbode	abbodum

References

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