abbedi
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Tautra Mariakloster in Tautra, Norway.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German abbedīe, from Old Saxon *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā.
Pronunciation
Noun
abbedi n (singular definite abbediet, plural indefinite abbedier)
- abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
Inflection
Declension of abbedi
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | abbedi | abbediet | abbedier | abbedierne |
| genitive | abbedis | abbediets | abbediers | abbediernes |
References
- “abbedi” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German abbedīe, from Old Saxon *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā.
Pronunciation
Noun
abbedi n (definite singular abbediet, indefinite plural abbedi or abbedier, definite plural abbedia or abbediene)
- (Christianity) an abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
- 1987, Sissel Lange-Nielsen, Laokoon, page 109:
- som levebrød fikk jeg tildelt et godt abbedi som innbragte meg 12000 dukater årlig
- as a livelihood, I was assigned a good abbey that brought me 12,000 ducats annually
Related terms
References
- “abbedi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abbedi” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “abbedi” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German abbedīe, from Old Saxon *abbadea, from Proto-West Germanic *abbadejā.
Noun
abbedi n (definite singular abbediet, indefinite plural abbedi, definite plural abbedia)
- an abbey (monastery headed by an abbot)
Related terms
References
- “abbedi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.