mynster
Middle English
editNoun
editmynster
- Alternative form of ministre
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion).
Noun
editmynster n
- monastery, nunnery, mother-church, cathedral[1]
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
- ...and hēt hine warnian, ġif he wolde libban, þæt hē nǣre on ðām mynstre nǣfre eft ġesewen...
- ...and gave orders to warn him, if he wished to live, that he should never be seen in the monastery again...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
Declension
editDeclension of mynster (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^ A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, J. R. Clarke Hall, 1894, 4th ed., 1960, page 244