gørsemi

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

georseme, gersemi, gersime, gersimi, gessimi, giꜹrsimi, gørseme, gørsimi

Etymology

From gerr, gǫrr (“ready”) +‎ -semi (“-ness”).

Noun

gørsemi f (genitive gørsemi, plural gørsemar)

treasure

Declension

Declension of gørsemi (weak īn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gørsemi	gørsemin	gørsemar	gørsemarnar
accusative	gørsemi	gørsemina	gørsemar	gørsemarnar
dative	gørsemi	gørseminni	gørsemum	gørsemunum
genitive	gørsemi	gørseminnar	gørsema	gørsemanna

Descendants

Icelandic: gersemi
Old Swedish: gørsim f; gærsimi m; gærsim
- Swedish: gärsim (obsolete)
Old Danish: gørsæme
- Danish: gørsom, gørsum (obsolete)
→ Old English: gærsum, gærsam, gersum, gyrsum, gærsuma, gersuma — weak
- Middle English: gersom, garesome, garisoumme, garsum, gerssum, gersum, gersume, gersumme, gyrssyn, gærsum, garsume (Early Middle English)
  - English: gersum, grassum
  - Scots: grassum (obsolete)

Further reading

“ger·semi, ger·simi, gør·semi, gør·simi” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen

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