Meaning of abbadísin | Babel Free

Definitions

definite nominative singular of abbadís (“abbess”)

definite, form-of, nominative, singular

Examples

“Ábótinn og abbadísin eru þyrst og drekka bæði klausturvínið. Klausturvínið kneifað er af fullum skálum.”

The abbot and the abbess are thirsty and both drink the monastery wine. The monastery wine is sipped from full goblets.

“Abbadísin gladdist mjög yfir þessari hugulsemi hans, því að hún hafði óttazt, að hann kæmi með allan flokkinn, og það hafði fyllt hana ugg og kvíða.”

The abbess was very pleased by his thoughtfulness, for she had feared he would come with his entire retinue, and that had filled her with dread and anxiety.

“Við vígslu (nokkrum árum eftir stofnun klaustursins) tekur hún upp nafnið Katrín og er ekki eina abbadísin á Íslandi sem skiptir um nafn.”

At her profession (a few years after the foundation of the convent), she takes the name Catherine and is not the only abbess in Iceland to change her name.

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