mæssepreost
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mæssepreost m
- (Roman Catholicism) priest
- Synonym: preost
- c. 994, Ælfric, "Letter to Wulfsige"
- Presbyter is mæsseprēost oþþe ealdwita. Nā þæt ǣlċ eald sīe, ac þæt hē eald sīe on wīsdōme.
- A presbyter is a priest or an elder. Not that they're all old, but they're old in wisdom.
- 1890 [c. 731], Saint Bede (the Venerable), The Old English Version of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People, page 2:
- Ic Beda Cristes þēow and mæssepreost sende gretan Fone leofastan cyning Ceolwulf
- I, Bede, servant of Christ and priest, send greeting to the well beloved king Ceolwulf
Declension[edit]
Declension of mæssepreost (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mæsseprēost | mæsseprēostas |
| accusative | mæsseprēost | mæsseprēostas |
| genitive | mæsseprēostes | mæsseprēosta |
| dative | mæsseprēoste | mæsseprēostum |