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hírsum-ness

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obedience
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  • Hé (Peter) eádmódnysse wiðsóc, and hwæðere for hýrsumnysse geðafode

    he refused to allow Jesus to humble himself by the washing of feet, and yet in order that he might be obedient he consented,

    • Hml. A. 157, 135.
obedience to one in authority:
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  • Be hýrsumnesse. Ðǽre forman eádmódnesse stepe is hýrsumnes bútan elcunge ... sóna swá heom ǽnig þing fram heora ealdre geboden bið, hí þæt bútan elcunge mid weorce gefremmað,

    • R. Ben. 19, 14-19
      • :
    • 12, 12
      • .

  • Se ar̃ƀ áxode hýrsumnesse mid áþswerunge at him, and hé hit forsóc,

    • Chr. 1070
      • ;
    • P. 206, 21.
subjection of one people to another:
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  • Hé hié

    (the Welsh)

    tó eáþmódre hérsumnesse gedyde,

    • Chr. 828
      • ;
    • P. 62, 3
      • .

  • Þá elreordegan kyningas ðe ic mid néde tó hýrsumnesse gedyde,

    • Nar. 32, 19
      • .
readiness to obey or serve, humility
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  • Hérsumnisse mið bisene ædeáwed (cf. sié hé íwer héra ł embehtmonna

    (minister),

    • Mk. L. 10, 43)

    humilitatis exemplo monstrato,

    • Mk. p. 4, 15
      • .
service, appointed work
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  • Sý heom swylc hýrsumnes betǽht swylc him sý,

    • R. Ben. 67, 6
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  • Þurh þá gemǽnan þénunge þysse hýrsumnesse

    (the work of the kitchen which all took in turn),

    • 58, 16
      • .

  • On þǽre hýrsumnesse þe hé on hýrsumode, áþer oðþe on kycenan, oþþe on héderne, oðþe on mynstres bæcerne ... oðþe on ǽnigum óðerum cræfte þe hé mid líchomlicum geswince on hýrsumode,

    • 71, 16
      • .

  • Faran tó swylcan weorce and hýrsumnesse swylce him beboden sý,

    • 85, 15
      • .

  • Hé gefealh his þegnungum and hýrsumnessum

    (obsequiis),

    • Gr. D. 299, 29
      • .
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v. un-hýrsumness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hírsum-ness.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/52584.

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