Question

then speaks gilgamesh,
o utnapishtim, what more can i do,
what hope of victory have i now?
i who sought to conquer my most fearsome enemy, death,
50 the ruler of mortal man and beast?
already i feel my defeat,
how death makes of me its battlefield and its victory prize
selection 2: from gilgamesh, a graphic novel

in line 49 of selection 1, gilgamesh calls death fearsome. the word fearsome is formed from the anglo - saxon suffix some using your knowledge of the suffix, choose the best explanation of the word.
o a. it is a noun meaning full of fear.
o b. it is a noun meaning causing fear
o c it is an adjective meaning full of fear
o d it is an adjective meaning causing fear.

Explanation:

The suffix -some in English often forms adjectives. For example, words like "tiresome" (causing tiredness) follow this pattern. "Fearsome" is used to describe "death" (a noun). Adjectives describe nouns. Also, "fearsome" means something that causes fear. If it were "full of fear", it would be more about the entity having fear within itself. But here, death (as an external force) is causing fear.

Answer:

D. It is an adjective meaning "causing fear."