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English
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Etymology
From Middle English gersom, gersum, from Old English gærsum, gersum, gærsuma, from Old Norse gersemi, gørsemi (“treasure”), from gerr, gǫrr (“ready”) + -semi (“-ness”), with the ending assimilated to native -sum. Compare garrison.
Pronunciation
Noun
gersum (plural gersums)
- (law, historical) A lump sum paid by individuals who take a lease of landed property in England.
1610, William Camden, “Northfolke”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, , London: Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, page 474:[…] but now it paieth ſeauentie pounds by weight to the King, and an hundred ſhillings for a *Gerſume to the Queene;
1858, James A. Morgan, “III: Money, Rent, and Agricultural Affairs”, in England under the Norman Occupation, London: Williams & Norgate, →OCLC, page 47:Otherwise, the gersum was in ready money, and the bulk of the rent in uncoined silver.
1996, Emma Mason, “Donors of Westminster Abbey Charters”, in Westminster Abbey and its people, c.1050-c.1216, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, →ISBN, page 315:In the latter sample, there are two joint grants, plus one made with the wife's consent. In two more , a gersum rendered to the wife is sole evidence of her participation.
Middle English
Noun
gersum
- Alternative form of gersom