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abbadisse

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Middle Low German

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Noun

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abbadisse f

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

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Old English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abbātissa

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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....
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare forþferde Hild abbodesse on Strēonesheale.
      And in the same year died Hild, abbess of Whitby.

Declension

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Weak:

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

Descendants

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  • English: abbotess

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