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sume worde (_by a word, expressly_), 2157; nom.
pl. sume, 400, 1114; acc. pl. sume, 2941. b) with part. gen. : nom. sg.
gumena sum (_one of men, a man_), 1500, 2302; mere-hrægla sum, 1906; þæt
wæs wundra sum, 1608; acc. sg. gylp-worda sum, 676. c) with gen. of
cardinals or notions of multitude: nom. sg.
fīftȳna sum (_one of fifteen,
with fourteen companions_), 207; so, eahta sum, 3124; fēara sum (_one of
few, with a few_), 1413; acc. sg. manigra sumne (_one of many, with many_),
2092; manna cynnes sumne (_one of the men_), i. e. one of the watchmen in
Heorot), 714; fēara sumne (_some few, one of few_; or, _one of the foes_? ),
3062. --2) with part. gen. sum sometimes = _this, that, the
afore-mentioned_: nom. sg. ēower sum (_a certain one, that one, of you_,
i. e. Bēowulf), 248; gūð-beorna sum (_the afore-mentioned warrior_, i. e. who
had shown the way to Hrōðgār's palace), 314; eorla sum (_the said knight_,
i. e.