Old English · adjective
gehiersum
Normalised ġehīersum
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /jeˈxi͜yːr.sum/[jeˈhi͜yːr.sum]
- Syllables
- je · ˈxi͜yːr · sum (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- obedienthearsome
Meaning
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obedient
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:21
No man may serve two masters: either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will be obedient to one, and disobedient to the other.
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġehīersum | ġehīersumuġehīersumo | ġehīersum |
| Accusative | ġehīersumne | ġehīersume | ġehīersum |
| Genitive | ġehīersumes | ġehīersumre | ġehīersumes |
| Dative | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumre | ġehīersumum |
| Instrumental | ġehīersume | ġehīersumre | ġehīersume |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġehīersume | ġehīersumaġehīersume | ġehīersumuġehīersumo |
| Accusative | ġehīersume | ġehīersumaġehīersume | ġehīersumuġehīersumo |
| Genitive | ġehīersumra | ġehīersumra | ġehīersumra |
| Dative | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum |
| Instrumental | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | ġehīersuma | ġehīersume | ġehīersume |
| Accusative | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman | ġehīersume |
| Genitive | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman |
| Dative | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman |
| Instrumental | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman |
| Accusative | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman | ġehīersuman |
| Genitive | ġehīersumraġehīersumena | ġehīersumraġehīersumena | ġehīersumraġehīersumena |
| Dative | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum |
| Instrumental | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum | ġehīersumum |
All forms (12)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisam.
Descendants
hearsome
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