p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad. I. to obey, be obedient to; obĕdīre, părēre :-- Ic gehýrsumige obĕdio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 34, 56 : păreo, 26, 2; Som. 28, 43. Ðe heora lustum gehýrsumiaþ who obey their lusts, Homl. Th. ii. 82, 13. II. to make obedient, bring into subjection; subjĭcĕre :-- Ðæt he him Norþ-Wealas gehýrsumode [gehiérsumade, col. 1] that he might make the North Welsh obedient to him, Chr. 853; Th. 122, 22, col. 2. [O. H. Ger. gihórsamón to obey.] ge-hyrsumian