biskup
nafnorðkarlkyn
, in very old spelt with y and o (byskop), but commonly in the contracted ‘bp̅,’ so that the spelling is doubtful; but biscop (with i) occurs i. 356, byscop in the old fragm. i. 391–394; biskup is the common form in the and at present, vide i. ii, S., [ επίσκοπος; biscop; bishop; bischof]:—a bishop. had two sees, one at Skalholt, erected 1056; the other at Hólar, in the North, erected 1106. They were united at the end of the last century, and the see removed to Reykjavik. Biographies of ten of the bishops of the 11th to the 14th century are contained in the , published 1858, and of the later bishops in the Biskupa Annálar (from 1606), published in til Sögu Íslands, vol. i. and ii, and farther the Biskupaæfi, by the historian Jón Halldórsson (died 1736), and the Hist. Eccl. (). by Finn Jonsson (Finnus Johannæus, son of the above-mentioned Jón Halldórsson). During two hundred years of the commonwealth till the middle of the 13th century, the bishops of Skalholt and Hólar were elected by the people or by the magnates, usually (at least the bishops of Skalholt) in parliament and in the lögrétta (the legislative council), vide the Hungrv. 2 (valinn til b. af allri alþýðu á Íslandi), 5, 7, 13, 16, 2, 26, 12, 10, 9, Páls. S. 2, 40, 7 (þá kaus Gizurr biskup Jón prest Ögmundarson með samþykki allra lærðra manna ok úlærðra í Norðlendinga fjórðungi). Magnús Gizurarson (died 1237) was the last popularly elected bishop of Skalholt; bishop Gudmund (died 1237) the last of Hólar; after that time bishops were imposed by the king of Norway or the archbishop.
:
- biskupabúningr,
- biskupafundr,
- biskupaþáttr,
- biskupaþing,
- biskupsbrunnr,
- biskupsbúr,
- biskupsdómr,
- biskupsdóttir,
- biskupsdæmi,
- biskupsefni,
- biskupsfrændi,
- biskupsgarðr,
- biskupsgisting,
- biskupskjör,
- biskupskosning,
- biskupslauss,
- biskupsmaðr,
- biskupsmark,
- biskupsmágr,
- biskupsmessa,
- biskupsmítr,
- biskupsnafn,
- biskupsríki,
- biskupssekt,
- biskupsskattr,
- biskupsskip,
- biskupsskrúði,
- biskupssonr,
- biskupsstafr,
- biskupsstofa,
- biskupsstóll,
- biskupssýsla,
- biskupstign,
- biskupstíund,
- biskupstíundarmál,
- biskupsvatn,
- biskupsveldi,
- biskupsvígsla.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- Edd.edition, editions, edited.
- Gr.Greek.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- Germ.German.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- A. D.Anno Domini.
- cp.compare.
- ch.chapter.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Íb.Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- SafnSafn til Sögu Islands.
- H. E.Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
- Kristni S.Kristni saga. (D. I. III.)
- Þorl. S.Þorláks saga. (D. III.)
- Guðm. S.Guðmundar saga. (D. III.)
- Jóns S.Jóns saga. (D. III.)