gærsum

Middle English

Noun

gærsum

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of gersom

Old English

Alternative forms

• gærsam, gersum, gyrsum
• gærsuma, gersuma — weak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡær.sum/

Noun

gærsum m or f

1. A treasure or valuable.
2. (rare) A payment or fee.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	gærsum	gærsumas
accusative	gærsum	gærsumas
genitive	gærsumes	gærsuma
dative	gærsume	gærsumum

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	gærsum	gærsuma, gærsume
accusative	gærsume	gærsuma, gærsume
genitive	gærsume	gærsuma
dative	gærsume	gærsumum

Descendants

• Middle English: gersom, garesome, garisoumme, garsum, gerssum, gersum, gersume, gersumme, gyrssyn, gærsum, garsume (Early Middle English)
  • English: gersum, grassum
  • Scots: grassum (obsolete)

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “gærsum, gærsuma, gærsume”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.