biscoprice

Old English

Alternative forms

bisċeoprīċe

Etymology

From bisċop +‎ -rīċe.

Noun

bisċoprīċe n

A bishopric; a bishop's province, diocese.

Declension

Declension of biscoprice (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bisċoprīċe	bisċoprīċu
accusative	bisċoprīċe	bisċoprīċu
genitive	bisċoprīċes	bisċoprīċa
dative	bisċoprīċe	bisċoprīċum

Descendants

Middle English: byschopryke, bisshopriche, bysschopriche
- English: bishopric

References

bisceopríce in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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