abbadisse

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Middle Low German

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Noun

abbadisse f

  1. abbotess, abbess; head of a monastery or nunnery

References

  • Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm / Neubearbeitung (A–F), digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB2>, abgerufen am 19.12.2024. Entry 'äbtisse'.

Old English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abbātissa

Pronunciation

Noun

abbadisse f

  1. abbotess, abbess
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      Þā on þām eahteoþan ġēare siþþan hēo abbudisse wæs, hēo wæs ġeuntrumod swā swā hēo ǣr witeġode, swā þæt ān ġeswel wēox on hire swūran myċel under ċynnbāne...
      Then on the eighth year since she became abbotess, she was sickened as she had previously predicted, as a large tumor grew on her neck under the chinbone....

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative abbadisse abbadissan
accusative abbadissan abbadissan
genitive abbadissan abbadissena
dative abbadissan abbadissum

Descendants

  • English: abbotess

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