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Old English · noun

gærsum

Part of speech
noun, masculine / feminine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈɡær.sum/
Syllables
ˈɡær · sum (2 syllables)
Modern English
gersumgrassumvaluablefee

gærsum1 · noun · masculine/feminine

Senses

  1. A treasure or valuable.

  2. A payment or fee.

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of gærsum
SingularPlural
Nominative gærsumgærsumasgærsumagærsume
Accusative gærsumgærsumegærsumasgærsumagærsume
Genitive gærsumesgærsumegærsuma
Dative gærsumegærsumum

gærsum2 · noun · inflected form

Senses

  1. dative plural of gærs

  2. Inflected form of gærs

All forms (6)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse gersemi, gørsemi (“treasure”), from gerr, gǫrr (“ready”) + -semi (“-ness”), with the ending assimilated to native -sum.

Descendants

gersum, grassum

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