biscopdom

Old English

Alternative forms

• bisċeopdōm, bisċepdōm

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *biskopadōm, equivalent to bisċop +‎ -dōm. Cognate with Old High German biscoftuom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌdoːm/

Noun

bisċopdōm m (nominative plural bisċopdōmas)

1. a bishop's province, a bishopric

Declension

Declension of bisċopdōm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bisċopdōm	bisċopdōmas
accusative	bisċopdōm	bisċopdōmas
genitive	bisċopdōmes	bisċopdōma
dative	bisċopdōme	bisċopdōmum

Descendants

• Middle English: biscopdom, biscopdome, *bischopdom
  • English: bishopdom

References

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