Ge-hīrsum

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hīrsum

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 ge-hīrsum

Take here ge-hȳrsum in Dict. , and add: (1) obedient :-- Hē weard gehȳrsum tō þī þæt hē willes deád þrowade factus obediens usque ad mortem, R. Ben. 26, 15 : 126, 8. Ne sié his giémen nō dȳlǣsse ymb þā gehiérsuman (-hīr-, ), Past. 74, 15. (2) obedient to(a) a person :-- Ðā tunglu þū gedēst þē gehȳrsume, Bt. 4 ; F. 6, 32. (b) a law, command, &c. :-- Hié wǣron þǣre godcundan ǣ swīþe gehȳrsume, Bl. H. 163, 3.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛁᚱᛋᚢᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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