hēafod-bisceop
Att. sp.: heafodbisceop, heafodbiscop | hafodbiscop (xii)
1 occ. (in multiple MSS)
high priest, chief priest (of the Jews; cf. ealdorbisceop sense 2 cit. 5, bisceopealdor, bisceop sense III)
ÆCHom II, 31-32 246.141: æfter ðisum ymbe feawa dagas geseah Abiathar ðæra Iudeiscra
heafodbiscop. þæt swa micel mennisc Iudeiscre mægðe on Crist gelyfde (DE
heafodbisceop, B
hafodbiscop; cf.
Pass.Iacob. 2.39.53
Abiatar pontifex anni illius).
See also: hēafod, bisceop
OED2 heafod biscop
s.v.
head n.1 sense V.71.a.