biscop

Middle English

Noun

biscop

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bischop

Old English

Alternative forms

• bisċeop

Etymology

from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃop/

Noun

bisċop m

1. bishop

Declension

Declension of biscop (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bisċop	bisċopas
accusative	bisċop	bisċopas
genitive	bisċopes	bisċopa
dative	bisċope	bisċopum

Derived terms

• bisċopdōm
• bisċophād
• bisċoprīċe

Descendants

• Middle English: bischop, bisschop, bisshop, byschop, bishup, busshop, bushop, busschop, bysshop, bissop, biscop, bisscopp
  • English: bishop (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: bishop
• → Old Norse: biskup
  • Icelandic: biskup
  • Faroese: biskupur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biskop, Norwegian Bokmål: bisp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biskop, Norwegian Nynorsk: bisp
  • Old Swedish: biskoper, biskuper
    • Swedish: biskop
    • → Finnish: piispa
  • Danish: biskop