abbadísin

• IPA^(key): /ˈapːaˌtiːsɪn/
• Rhymes: -apːatiːsɪn, -iːsɪn

abbadísin

1. definite nominative singular of abbadís (“abbess”)
   • 1924, Kveðjur [Greetings]‎^[1], page 21:

     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.

   • 1947, Jón Björnsson, Jón Gerreksson‎^[2], page 100:

     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.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Ármann Jakobsson, “Abbadísin sem hvarf [The Abbess who Dissappeared]”, in Bóklist:

     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.