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-sum m

  1. accusative singular of -sus

Middle English

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-sum

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English or Northern) alternative form of -som

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *-sam, from Proto-Germanic *-samaz (same as). Akin to Old Frisian -sum, Old High German -sam, Old Norse -samr, Gothic -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐍃 (-sams), -𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (-sama, same as), Old English sam (whether, or), Old English same (same).

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-sum

  1. characterized by some specific condition or quality; same as
    angsumdifficult, constricted, āþrotsumirksome, ġecwēmsumpleasing, pleasant
  2. having or exemplifying
    wynsumjoyful, winsome

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Old Irish

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-sum

  1. alternative form of -som

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Old Irish emphatic suffixes
person emphatic suffixes
1 sg -se, -sa
2 sg -siu, -so, -su
3 sg m or n -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
3 sg f -si
1 pl -ni, -nai, -sni
2 pl -si
3 pl -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.