单词 | gersum |
释义 | gersumn. Obsolete exc. Historical. 1. A treasure, precious possession; a costly gift. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > costly gift or gift of treasure gersumc1045 c1045 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C) anno 1035 Harold..let niman of hyre ealle þa bestan gærsuma. a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1047 For neah man sceolde to brecan his stef, gif he [Vlf] ne sealde þe mare gersuman. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 91 Þa com þe mon mid his gersume to þan apostolum. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 258 Þe gode pilegrim..ne bereð nan gersume. a1300 Floriz & Bl. 419 Þureȝ..þis gersume Ihc am nu þi man bicume. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6753 If theif na gersum has ne gifte. c1420 Anturs of Arth. (Thornton) 697 He weddid his wyfe..Withe gyftes and gersoms [Douce. garsons: see Garrison]. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 936 I rek nocht of thy riches..Thy God [? read gude] nor thy Grassum set I bot licht. 2. Chiefly Scottish. A premium or fine paid to a feudal superior on entering upon a holding. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > paid to feudal superior gersum1389 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > initial payment by tenant out-toll1283 gersum1389 warisonc1450 fine1804 key money1832 in-toll1872 ingoing1905 1389 in C. Welch Tower Bridge (1894) 79 [An example of a] gersum [for a shop on the bridge occurs in the accounts of 1389]. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 147 Mailis and gersomes rasit ouirhie. 1530 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 288 In recompense of fynes and garsomes that I toke of his tenementes. 1558 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 79 Richard Hall for the gressome of his horse iiijli. 1568 R. Henryson in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 235 Syne vexis him or half the terme be gane Wth pykit querrellis for to mak him fane To flitt or pay the girsum new agane. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 221 His maillis, Gersowmes & daylie rent. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 474 It paieth..an hundred shillings for a Gersume to the Queene. 1640 Bk. War Comm. Covenanters 16 My Lady Kenmure's dewties, grasounes and uthers. 1682 E. Hickeringill Wks. (1716) II. 5 Except the Place might cost somewhat at the entrance and admittance for a Garsome or Fine. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 422 A Garsom, a foregift at entering a farm, a Godspenny. 1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) Gersuma is an obsolete Word, for a Fine or Sum of Money. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 592 According to the feudal system a gersum was rendered to the Seigneur upon the vassal's death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † gersumv. Obsolete. transitive. To subject to a fine, impose a fine upon. to gersume in: to admit to possession of in consideration of a fine or rent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)] mulct?a1475 gersum1483 unlaw1508 finea1513 check1526 to be put to one's fine1542 punish1552 forfeitc1592 tinsel1609 sconce1641 physic1821 to fix (a person) with liability1833 log1889 1483 Cath. Angl. 151/1 To Garsumme (A. Gersome), gressummare. 1502 Will of Thomas Martyn (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/13) f. 147 To my son..as many acres of land as he is garsumed in of myn own lande. 1573 W. Bullein Dial. Feuer Pestilence f. 3 Muche reisyng of rentes and gressomyng of men, causyng greate dearth, mucle pouertie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1045v.1483 |
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