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-sum

  • suffix
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Grammar
-sum, an adjective suffix as in glad-some, win-some.
Wright's OE grammar
§34; §471; §636;
Etymology
[Goth. lustu-sams: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. lang-sam: Icel. frið-samr: O. Frs. hár-sum.]
Similar entries
v. ang-, frem-, gehýr-, genyht-, lang-, lof-, luf-, sib-, wyn-sum as examples.
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