biscop

Middle English

Noun

biscop

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of bischop

Old English

Alternative forms

• bisċeop, bisċep
• bisc̃ (scribal abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃop/

Noun

bisċop m

1. bishop
   • 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.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bisċop	bisċopas
accusative	bisċop	bisċopas
genitive	bisċopes	bisċopa
dative	bisċope	bisċopum

Derived terms

• bisċopdōm
• bisċophād
• bisċoprīċe
• bisċopsetl

Related terms

• ærċebisċop

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, bisp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biskop, bisp
  • Old Swedish: biskoper, biskuper
    • Swedish: biskop
    • → Finnish: piispa
  • Danish: biskop