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Old English · adjective

hyrsum

Normalised hȳrsum

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxyːr.sum/
[ˈhyːr.sum]
Syllables
ˈxyːr · sum (2 syllables)
Modern English
ehersumġehīersumhearsome

Meaning

  1. synonym of ġehīersum (“obedient”)

Declension

All forms (12)

Etymology

From earlier hīersum, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀisam, equivalent to hīeran + -sum.

Descendants

hearsome

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