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id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Danish">Danish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Danish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, 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.interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/abbatissa#Latin" title="abbatissa">abbātissa</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Danish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Danish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/abedisə/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ɑb̥eˈd̥isə]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="da">abbedisse</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span> (<i>singular definite</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-da def|s-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedissen#Danish" title="abbedissen">abbedissen</a></b>, <i>plural indefinite</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-da indef|p-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedisser#Danish" title="abbedisser">abbedisser</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/abbess" title="abbess">abbess</a> (female superior of a nunnery)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Inflection">Inflection</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inflection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead">Declension of <i class="Latn mention" lang="da">abbedisse</i></div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="inflection-table" style="text-align:center;width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"> <th rowspan="2">common<br />gender </th> <th colspan="2"><i>Singular</i> </th> <th colspan="2"><i>Plural</i> </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"> <th style="width:25%;"><i>indefinite</i> </th> <th style="width:25%;"><i>definite</i> </th> <th style="width:25%;"><i>indefinite</i> </th> <th style="width:25%;"><i>definite</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><i><a href="/wiki/nominative_case" title="nominative case">nominative</a></i> </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="da"><strong class="selflink">abbedisse</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da def|s-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedissen#Danish" title="abbedissen">abbedissen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da indef|p-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedisser#Danish" title="abbedisser">abbedisser</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da def|p-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedisserne#Danish" title="abbedisserne">abbedisserne</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightergrey,#eeeeee);color:inherit"><i><a href="/wiki/genitive_case" title="genitive case">genitive</a></i> </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da indef|gen|s-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedisses#Danish" title="abbedisses">abbedisses</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da def|gen|s-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedissens#Danish" title="abbedissens">abbedissens</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da indef|gen|p-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedissers#Danish" title="abbedissers">abbedissers</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-da def|gen|p-form-of" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/abbedissernes#Danish" title="abbedissernes">abbedissernes</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=abbedisse">abbedisse</a>” in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/da:Den_Danske_Ordbog" class="extiw" title="w:da:Den Danske Ordbog">Den Danske Ordbog</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål"><span id="Norwegian_Bokm.C3.A5l"></span>Norwegian Bokmål</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg/250px-Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="366" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg/375px-Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg/500px-Hildegard_von_Bingen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1354" data-file-height="1980" /></a><figcaption><i> </i><b>Abbedisse</b><i> Hildegard von Bingen</i>. — <i><b>Abbess</b></i> Hildegard von Bingen.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/abbad%C3%ADs#Old_Norse" title="abbadís">abbadís</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/abbadissa#Old_Norse" title="abbadissa">abbadissa</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">abbess</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, through <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Low German">Middle Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gml"><a href="/wiki/abbadisse#Middle_Low_German" title="abbadisse">abbadisse</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/abbatissa#Latin" title="abbatissa">abbātissa</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">abbess, female head of an abbey</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <b>both</b> <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/abbas#Latin" title="abbas">abbās</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B2%CE%B2%E1%BE%B6%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ἀββᾶς">ἀββᾶς</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">abbâs</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, an alternative form of <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%B2%CE%B2%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek" title="ἀββα">ἀββα</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">abba</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">father, title of respect given to abbots</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic" class="extiw" title="w:Aramaic">Aramaic</a></span> <i class="Hebr mention" lang="arc"><a href="/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91%D7%90#Aramaic" title="אבא">אבא</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="arc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">’abbā</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">father</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Semitic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Semitic language">Proto-Semitic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="sem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/%CA%94abw-" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔabw-">*ʔabw-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">father</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Afroasiatic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Afroasiatic language">Proto-Afroasiatic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="afa-pro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/%CA%94ab-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/ʔab- (page does not exist)">*ʔab-</a></i>, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word, <b>and</b> from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/-issa#Latin" title="-issa">-issa</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">feminine noun-forming suffix</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/-%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek" title="-ισσα">-ισσα</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-issa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, likely from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/-%CE%B7%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="-ης">-ης</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ēs</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-%C4%93s" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ēs">*-ēs</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Norwegian Bokmål phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɑbːəˈdɪsːə/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="NB_-_Pronunciation_of_Norwegian_Bokmål_«abbedisse».ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/NB_-_Pronunciation_of_Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_%C2%ABabbedisse%C2%BB.ogg/NB_-_Pronunciation_of_Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_%C2%ABabbedisse%C2%BB.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/NB_-_Pronunciation_of_Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_%C2%ABabbedisse%C2%BB.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:NB_-_Pronunciation_of_Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_%C2%ABabbedisse%C2%BB.ogg" title="File:NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «abbedisse».ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l/%C9%AAs%CB%90%C9%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɪsːə (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-ɪsːə</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="nb">ab‧be‧dis‧se</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">abbedisse</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> or <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbedissa#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbedissa">abbedissa</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbedissen#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbedissen">abbedissen</a></b>, <i>indefinite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbedisser#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbedisser">abbedisser</a></b>, <i>definite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbedissene#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbedissene">abbedissene</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> an <a href="/wiki/abbess" title="abbess">abbess</a> (female superior of a nunnery) <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1968</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Borgen" class="extiw" title="w:Johan Borgen">Johan Borgen</a>, <cite>Alltid på en søndag</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">59</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="nb">kongedatteren [Valborg] var misjonær og endte som abbedisse</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">the king's daughter [Valborg] was a missionary and ended up as an abbess</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1940</b></span>, I. Reichborn-Kjennerud, <cite>Vår gamle trolldomsmedisin III</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">41</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="nb">den lærde abbedisse Hildegard fra Bingen</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">the learned abbess Hildegard of Bingen</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2003</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Henriksen" class="extiw" title="w:Vera Henriksen">Vera Henriksen</a>, <cite>Jarlefeiden</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">428</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="nb">hertug Skule opprettet ca. år 1230 et rikt utstyrt nonnekloster på Rein, og hans søster Sigrid ble klosterets første abbedisse</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">duke Skule created in approx. 1230 a richly equipped nunnery on Rein, and his sister Sigrid became the monastery's first abbess</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2009</b></span>, <cite>Bergen byleksikon</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">338</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="nb">man kjenner navnene på de abbedissene som ble valgt i 1320 og 1326, og ved det førstnevnte valget deltok 35 nonner</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">one knows the names of the abbesses who were elected in 1320 and 1326, and in the first-mentioned election 35 nuns participated</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbedissestue#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbedissestue">abbedissestue</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">room of an abbess</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbed#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbed">abbed</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">abbot</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/abbedi#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="abbedi">abbedi</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">abbey</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/bm/search?q=abbedisse">“abbedisse”</a> in <i>The Bokmål Dictionary</i>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.naob.no/ordbok/abbedisse">“abbedisse”</a> in <i>Det Norske Akademis ordbok</i> (<i>NAOB</i>).</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.snl.no/abbedisse">abbedisse</a>” in <i>Store norske leksikon</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Nynorsk">Norwegian Nynorsk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Norwegian Nynorsk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/abbatissa#Latin" title="abbatissa">abbātissa</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">abbedisse</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/abbedissa#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="abbedissa">abbedissa</a></b>, <i>indefinite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/abbedisser#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="abbedisser">abbedisser</a></b>, <i>definite plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/abbedissene#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="abbedissene">abbedissene</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>an <a href="/wiki/abbess" title="abbess">abbess</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_2">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=abbedisse&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/abbed#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="abbed">abbed</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/abbedi#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="abbedi">abbedi</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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