Bisceop-hád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bisceop-hád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: biscop-hád, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bisceop-hád

m. [bisceop a bishop; hád hood, condition, state] BISHOPHOOD, the office or state of a bishop, the episcopate, a bishopric; munus episcopale, flaminium, episcopatus, episcopi provincia :-- Wæs se bisceophád befæsted the bishopric was established, Elen. Kmbl. 2422; El. 1212. Biscophád flaminium, Cot. 86: 186. On biscopháde ge ǽr bisceopháde in episcopatu et ante episcopatum, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 2, 3: 5, 6; S. 620, 19. His bisceophád [biscophád, Spl.] brúcan feóndas let his enemies enjoy his episcopate, Ps. Th. 108, 8. bisceop-had

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᚳᛇᛈ-ᚻᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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