biscophad

Old English

Alternative forms

• bisċeophād

Etymology

From bisċop +‎ -hād.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌxɑːd/, [ˈbiʃ.ʃopˌhɑːd]

Noun

bisċophād m

1. bishophood, a bishop's office or state, a bishopric, episcopate

Declension

Declension of biscophad (strong u-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bisċophād	bisċophāda
accusative	bisċophād	bisċophāda
genitive	bisċophāda	bisċophāda
dative	bisċophāda	bisċophādum

Descendants

• Middle English: bischophod, bischophad, bisschophode, bischophed
  • English: bishophood

References

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