Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hýrsum

Part of speech: -hiérsum;

Definitions

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1 ge-hýrsum

adj. Obedient, obliging, ready to serve; obĕdiens, offĭciōsus :-- Wæs Abraham Gode gehýrsum Abraham was obedient to God, Boutr. Scrd. 23, 4 : Homl. Th. ii. 162, 26 : Mt. Bos. 6, 24. Éstful vel gehýrsum offĭciōsus, Ælfc. Gl. 115; Som. 80, 54; Wrt. Voc. 61, 32. H woldon hint beón gehýrsume they would be obedient to him, Chr. 1083 ; Erl. 217, 6. [O. H. Ger. and Ger. gehórsam.] ge-hyrsum

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᚣᚱᛋᚢᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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