abbedvigsel

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abbed +‎ vigsel, first part from Old Norse ábóti, abbati, a term likely borrowed via Old English abbod, from Medieval Latin abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), alternative form of ἀββα (abba, “father; title of respect given to abbots”) from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father, teacher, chief”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Last part from Old Norse vígsla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabːəd.ˈvɪɡsəl/

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• Rhymes: -əl
• Hyphenation: ab‧bed‧vig‧sel

Noun

abbedvigsel m (definite singular abbedvigselen, indefinite plural abbedvigsler, definite plural abbedvigslene)

1. a consecration or ordainment of an abbot
   • 1912, Edvard Bull, Folk og kirke i middelalderen, page 58:

     biskopen … svarte, at abbedvigsel og avløsning [syndsforlatelse ved skriftemål] ikke passet sammen, og satte en anden mand til abbed

     the bishop… replied that abbot ordainment and atonement [forgiveness of sins by confession] did not match, and put another man to abbot

References

• “abbedvigsel” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).