ungehiersum

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ungahauʀisam. Equivalent to un- +‎ ġehīersum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈun.jeˌxi͜yːr.sum/, [ˈun.jeˌhi͜yːr.sum]

Adjective

unġehīersum(Early West Saxon)

  1. disobedient
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 6:21
      Ne mæġ nān man twām hlāfordum þēowian: oþþe hē sōðlīċe ǣnne hātað, and ōðerne lufað; oððe hē bȳð ānum ġehȳrsum and ōþrum unġehȳrsum.
      No man may serve two masters: either he will hate one, and love the other; or he will be obedient to one, and disobedient to the other.

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Descendants

  • Middle English: unhersum, unihersum