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hýrsum-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hýrsum-ness, e; f.
Obedience, subjection
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  • Myrcna cyninge on hýrsumnesse underþeódded syndon

    Merciorum regi subjectæ sunt,

    • Bd. 5, 23
    • ;
    • S. 646, 27
    • .
  • Þurh ða hýrsumnysse ðe wé heom hýrsomiaþ

    through the obedience with which we obey them,

    • L. Edg. S. 1
    • ;
    • Th. i. 272, 21.
Etymology
[
O. E. Homl. hersamnisse
:
Laym. hersumnesse.
]
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v. ge-hýrsumnys.
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