Hýrsumian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hýrsumian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ge-hýrsumian. hyrsumian

Definitions

1 hýrsumian

p. ode, ede To be obedient, obey, serve :-- Windas and sǽ him hýrsumiaþ venti et mare obediunt ei, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 27: Homl. Th. ii. 368, 28. Hýrsumiaþ ancillantur, Ælfc. Gl. 100; Som. 77, 6; Wrt. Voc. 55, 9. Wé ðé on ðissum ne hérsumiaþ we shall not obey thee in this, Blickl. Homl. 243, 19. Ða hálgan heofonware him hýrsumedon, 135, 17. Hé ðǽm bebodum heársumede, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 41. [O. E. Homl. hersumian: O. H. Ger. hórsamón obedire.]

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᚱᛋᚢᛗᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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