biscop

Middle English

Noun

biscop

  1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of bischop

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin biscopus, ebiscopus, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiʃ.ʃop/

Noun

bisċop m

  1. bishop

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Old Norse: biskup
    • Icelandic: biskup
    • Faroese: biskupur
    • Norwegian Bokmål: biskop, Norwegian Bokmål: bisp
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: biskop, Norwegian Nynorsk: bisp
    • Old Swedish: biskoper, biskuper
    • Danish: biskop
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