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▪ I. ˈgersum, n. Obs. exc. Hist.
Forms: 1 gær-, gersum(a, 2–6, 9 Hist. gersum, 3 garsum, gersom, 5 grassum, 5–6 gersome, girsum(me, gressome, 6 gersumme, -sowme, gyrsome, -soome, -soume, grassumme, gressam, -um, grissume, -ome, 6–7 garsome, 3, 7 gersume, (8 garsom).
[OE. gærsum, gersum, str. masc. and neut. gærsuma, gersuma, wk. masc. = ON. gørsimi, wk. fem., MSw. görsam.]
1. A treasure, precious possession; a costly gift.
c1045O.E. Chron. (MS. C) an. 1035 Harold..let niman of hyre ealle þa bestan gærsuma. a1100Ibid. (Laud MS.) an. 1047 For neah man sceolde to brecan his stef, ᵹif he [Vlf] ne sealde þe mare gersuman. c1175Lamb. Hom. 91 Þa com þe mon mid his gersume to þan apostolum. a1225Ancr. R. 350 Þe gode pilegrim..ne bereð no garsum. a1300Floriz & Bl. 419 Þureȝ..þis gersume Ihc am nu þi man bicume. a1300Cursor M. 6753 If theif na gersum has ne gifte. c1420Anturs of Arth. 697 (Thornton) He weddid his wyfe..Withe gyftes and gersoms [Douce MS. garsons: see Garrison]. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 936, I rek nocht of thy riches..Thy God [? read gude] nor thy Grassum set I bot licht.
2. Chiefly Sc. A premium or fine paid to a feudal superior on entering upon a holding.
1389in C. Welch Tower Bridge (1894) 79 [An example of a] gersum [for a shop on the bridge occurs in the accounts of 1389]. c1450Henryson in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Club) 977 Syne vexis him, or half the terme be gane, With pykit querrellis, for to make him fane To flitt, or pay the girsum new agane. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xvii. 13 Mailis and gersomes rasit ouir hie. 1530Test. Ebor. (Surtees) V. 288 In recompense of fynes and garsomes that I toke of his tenementes. 1560Rolland Seven Sages (ed. Laing) 221 His maillis, gersowmes, and daylie rent. 1610Holland Camden 474 It paieth..an hundred shillings for a Gersume to the Queene. 1682Hickeringill Wks. (1716) II. 5 Except the Place might cost somewhat at the entrance and admittance for a Garsome or Fine. 1703Thoresby Let. to Ray (E.D.S.), Garsom, ‘a garsom’, a foregift at entring a farm, a Gods⁓penny. 1708Termes de la Ley, Gersuma is an obsolete Word, for a Fine or Sum of Money. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 592 According to the feudal system a gersum was rendered to the Seigneur upon the vassal's death.
attrib.1567in Maitland's Hist. Edinb. (1753) 211 The Interess and Gersome Silver yat sal happin to be obteinit yairfore.
▪ II. † ˈgersum, v. Obs.
[f. the n.]
trans. To subject to a fine, impose a fine upon. to gersume in: to admit to possession of in consideration of a fine or rent.
1483Cath. Angl. 151/1 To Garsumme (A. Gersome), gressummare. 1502Will of T. Martyn (Somerset Ho.), To my son..as many acres of land as he is garsumed in of myn own lande. |