epistol

Old English

Alternative forms

• pistol, epistola

Etymology

From Latin epistola. Cognate with Old High German epistula, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌴 (aipistaulē).

Noun

epistol m or f

1. a letter, epistle

Declension

Masculine:

Declension of epistol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	epistol	epistolas
accusative	epistol	epistolas
genitive	epistoles	epistola
dative	epistole	epistolum

Feminine:

Declension of epistol (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	epistol	epistola, epistole
accusative	epistole	epistola, epistole
genitive	epistole	epistola
dative	epistole	epistolum

References

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