biscop – Old English noun declension

Old English noun forms of biscop

Noun: biscop
Gender:

Nominative

Singularbisċop
Pluralbisċopas

Genitive

Singularbisċopes
Pluralbisċopa

Dative

Singularbisċope
Pluralbisċopum

Accusative

Singularbisċop
Pluralbisċopas

Sample Sentences

  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • An. DCCCC.LXXX Hēr on þys ġēare wæs Æþelgār abbod tō bisċeope ġehālgod...tō þām bisċeopstōle æt Seolesīġġe. ⁊ on þām ylcan ġēare wæs Sūðhāmtūn forhergod fram sċipheriġe, ⁊ sēo burhwaru mǣst ofsleġen ⁊ ġehæft. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tenetland ġehergod. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Leġeċeastersċīr ġehergod fram norð sċiphere. (Year 970 In this year Abbod Ethelgar was ordained bishop of the diocese at Selsey. And in the same year, Southhampton was plundered by a fleet, and most of the citizenry was slain or taken captive. And in the same year, Thanet was ravaged. And in the same year, Cheshire was ravaged by a northern fleet.)

Nouns inflected like biscop

ealdorbiscop, ealuscop, biscop,

Etymology

Derived from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”). See: Latin Nouns 'episcopus', Ancient Greek Nouns 'ἐπίσκοπος'.

Verbs referencing "biscop"

Old Norse Nouns biskup, Faroese Nouns biskupur.

Translations