Ge-hīrsumian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hīrsumian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: un-gehīrsumod. ge-hirsumian

Definitions

1 ge-hīrsumian

Take here ge-hȳrsumian in Dict. , and add: I. to obey (1) a person :-- Gif hī gehīrsumedon heora Scippende on riht, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 7. Ūs ne hēt nā se Hǣlend him gehȳrsumian ūs tō forwyrde, Hml. A. j, 124. Þā; būrþēnas ābudon þǣre cwēne þæs cyninges hǣse, ac heó hit forsōc and nolde gehȳrsumian him to his willan, 93, 43: Ll. Th. i. 194, 19. (2) a command, law, &c. :-- Gehȳrsumie pareat, i. obediat (praecepto), An. Ox. 296. Hī hine hālsedon ꝥ hē gehȳrsumode þæs engles wordum. Hml. A. 124, 263. Gif gē willad mīnum bebodum gehȳrsumian, Hml. Th. i. 86, 34. II. to obey a master, serve, be a servant to UNCERTAIN te huæd ūsum gihērsumaiad hērnise ut quid nostro ministratur officio, Rtl. 106, 22. God sylf behēt his hālgum þēnum þe on clǣnum mægdhāde him gehȳrsumiad on his heofenlican hūse, Hml. A. 41, 424. Ðē ūe gihērsumiga tibi famulemur, 15, 32. Gehȳrsumiendre l þeówiendre uernacula, i. famulante, An. Ox. 288.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛁᚱᛋᚢᛗᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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