gærsum
Middle English edit
Noun edit
gærsum
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of gersom
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Norse gersemi, gørsemi (“treasure”), from gerr, gǫrr (“ready”) + -semi (“-ness”), with the ending assimilated to native -sum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gærsum m or f
Declension edit
Declension of gærsum (strong a-stem)
Declension of gærsum (strong ō-stem)
Descendants edit
- Middle English: gersom, garesome, garisoumme, garsum, gerssum, gersum, gersume, gersumme, gyrssyn; gærsum, garsume
References edit
- Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “gærsum, gærsuma, gærsume”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I [1], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.
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