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Middle Low German
Noun
abbadisse f
- 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abbātissa
Pronunciation
Noun
abbadisse f
- 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:
Descendants
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