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hýrsumian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
hýrsumian, p. ode, ede
To be obedient, obey, serve
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  • Windas and sǽ him hýrsumiaþ

    venti et mare obediunt ei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 27
    • :
    • Homl. Th. ii. 368, 28
    • .
  • Hýrsumiaþ

    ancillantur,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 100
    • ;
    • Som. 77, 6
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 55, 9
    • .
  • Wé ðé on ðissum ne hérsumiaþ

    we shall not obey thee in this,

    • Blickl. Homl. 243, 19.
  • Ða hálgan heofonware him hýrsumedon,

    • 135, 17
    • .
  • Hé ðǽm bebodum heársumede,

    • Bd. 2, 6
    • ;
    • S. 508, 41
    • .
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. hersumian
:
O. H. Ger. hórsamón obedire.
]
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v. ge-hýrsumian.
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