Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse erkibiskup.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛr̥cɪˌpɪskʏp/

Noun

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erkibiskup m (genitive singular erkibiskups, nominative plural erkibiskupar)

  1. archbishop

Declension

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Old English arċebisċop. By surface analysis, erki- +‎ biskup.

Noun

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erkibiskup m

  1. archbishop

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: erkibiskup
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: erkebiskop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: erkebiskop

References

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  • erkibiskup”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press