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hearsome

adj

Etymology

From Middle English hersum, ihersum, from Old English hīersum, ġehīersum (“obedient”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀisam, *gahauʀisam, equivalent to hear + -some. Cognate with West Frisian hearsum (“obedient”), Dutch gehoorzaam (“obedient, dutiful, law-abiding”), Low German horzaam, hursam (“obedient”), German gehorsam (“obedient, submissive, subdued”), Swedish hörsam (“obedient”).

  1. inherited from *hauʀisam✻
  2. inherited from hȳrsum
  3. inherited from hersum

Definitions

  1. Ready to hear

    Ready to hear; obedient; compliant; dutiful; devout.

    • "[…] Thou dost like a hearsome wife, thou dost ever say."
    • In that he mis-bade (ruled) his monks in many things and the monks meant it lovingly to him and bade him that he should hold (treat) them rightly and love them and they would be faithful to him and hearsome (obedient).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA