abbadisse

== Middle Low German == === Alternative forms === abbedische, abbedisse, abdisse === Noun === abbadisse f abbotess, abbess; head of a monastery or nunnery === References === "abbadisse" in Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig. "abbadisse" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014) 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>, retrieved 19.12.2024. Entry 'äbtisse'. == Old English == === Alternative forms === abedisse, abbodesse, abbodyse, abbudesse, abbudisse aƀƀ, aƀƀe (scribal abbreviations) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abbātissa === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑb.bɑ.dis.se/ === Noun === abbadisse f abbotess, abbess late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ==== Declension ==== Weak n-stem: ==== Descendants ==== English: abbotess === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “abbadisse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.