heahbiscop

Old English

Etymology

By surface analysis, hēah (“high”) +‎ bisċop (“bishop”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑːxˌbiʃ.ʃop/, [ˈhæ͜ɑːxˌbiʃ.ʃop]

Noun

hēahbisċop m

1. archbishop

   Synonym: arċebisċop

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hēahbisċop	hēahbisċopas
accusative	hēahbisċop	hēahbisċopas
genitive	hēahbisċopes	hēahbisċopa
dative	hēahbisċope	hēahbisċopum

Descendants

• English: highbishop

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “héah-biscop”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.