abbedisse

Danish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abbātissa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abedisə/, [ɑb̥eˈd̥isə]

Noun

abbedisse c (singular definite abbedissen, plural indefinite abbedisser)

1. abbess (female superior of a nunnery)

Inflection

Declension of abbedisse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	abbedisse	abbedissen	abbedisser	abbedisserne
genitive	abbedisses	abbedissens	abbedissers	abbedissernes

References

• “abbedisse” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Abbedisse Hildegard von Bingen. — Abbess Hildegard von Bingen.

Etymology

From Old Norse abbadís, abbadissa (“abbess”), through Middle Low German abbadisse, from Medieval Latin abbātissa (“abbess, female head of an abbey”), from both Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), an alternative form of ἀββα (abba, “father, title of respect given to abbots”) from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word, and from -issa (“feminine noun-forming suffix”), from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa), likely from -ης (-ēs), from Proto-Indo-European *-ēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑbːəˈdɪsːə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsːə
• Hyphenation: ab‧be‧dis‧se

Noun

abbedisse f or m (definite singular abbedissa or abbedissen, indefinite plural abbedisser, definite plural abbedissene)

1. (Christianity) an abbess (female superior of a nunnery)
   • 1968, Johan Borgen, Alltid på en søndag, page 59:

     kongedatteren [Valborg] var misjonær og endte som abbedisse

     the king's daughter [Valborg] was a missionary and ended up as an abbess

   • 1940, I. Reichborn-Kjennerud, Vår gamle trolldomsmedisin III, page 41:

     den lærde abbedisse Hildegard fra Bingen

     the learned abbess Hildegard of Bingen

   • 2003, Vera Henriksen, Jarlefeiden, page 428:

     hertug Skule opprettet ca. år 1230 et rikt utstyrt nonnekloster på Rein, og hans søster Sigrid ble klosterets første abbedisse

     duke Skule created in approx. 1230 a richly equipped nunnery on Rein, and his sister Sigrid became the monastery's first abbess

   • 2009, Bergen byleksikon, page 338:

     man kjenner navnene på de abbedissene som ble valgt i 1320 og 1326, og ved det førstnevnte valget deltok 35 nonner

     one knows the names of the abbesses who were elected in 1320 and 1326, and in the first-mentioned election 35 nuns participated

Derived terms

• abbedissestue (“room of an abbess”)

Related terms

• abbed (“abbot”)
• abbedi (“abbey”)

References

• “abbedisse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abbedisse” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abbedisse” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin abbātissa.

Noun

abbedisse f (definite singular abbedissa, indefinite plural abbedisser, definite plural abbedissene)

1. an abbess

Related terms

• abbed
• abbedi

References

• “abbedisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.