Bisceop-setl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bisceop-setl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: biscop-setl, biscep-setl, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bisceop-setl

n. [bisceop a bishop, setl a seat]. I. a bishop's seat or residence; sedes episcopalis :-- Sæt he ðæt bisceopsetl xxxvii wintra and six mónaþ and feówertyne dagas he occupied the episcopal residence thirty-seven [of] years [winters] and six months and fourteen days, Bd. 5, 23; S. 646, 9. He ðam Wine gesealde biscop-setl on Wintan ceastre Vino in civitate Venta sedem episcopalem tribuit, 3, 7; S. 530, 7, 14. Se eádiga Petrus se apostol gesæt biscepsetl on Róme the blessed Peter the apostle occupied the episcopal residence in Rome, Chr. 45; Erl. 6, 19. II. a bishopric; episcopatus :-- Wine wæs adrifen of his bisceopsetle Wine was driven from his bishopric; pulsus est Vini de episcopatu, Bd. 3, 7; S. 530, 13. bisceop-setl

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᚳᛇᛈ-ᛋᛖᛏᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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