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
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCXLIX Hēr Æġelbriht of Galwalum æfter Byrine þām Rōmanisċa bisċop onfeng Sexena bisċopdōmas.

     Year 649In this year Ægelbriht [came] from Gaul and took over the Saxon bishoprics from the Roman bishop Birinus.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	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.