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trymman

  • verb [ weak ]
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trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §526;
strong,
of material objects, to construct strongly, v. trum, I
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  • Ðæt hé trymede getimbro,

      Cd. Th. 18, 20; Gen. 276.

  • Gé done weall ne trymedon ymbe hira hús

    non opposuistis murum pro domo Israel,

      Past. 15 ; Swt. 89, 19.
  • (I a) of non-material objects :-- Se ðe him hálig gǽst wísaþ and his weorc trymaþ. Exon. Th. 124, 2 ; Gú. 333.

  • Dagas syndon trymede

    dies firmabuntur.

      Ps. Th. 138, 15.
of physical health or strength, to give strength to, strengthen, v. trum, II a
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  • Hláf trymeþ heortan mannes

    panis cor hominis confirmat,

      Ps. Th. 103, 15.

  • Onlegen tó trymmaune ðone magan and to bindanne æfter útsihtan,

      Lchdm. ii. 180, 24.
of mental or moral strength, to confirm, establish, give strength to mind or heart, v. trum, II c
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  • Sóð Metod ð ín mód trymeþ,

      Cd. Th. 170, 9; Gen. 2809.

  • Hé trymede heora heortan mid Godes geleafan,

      Blickl. Homl. 145, 21:
    Gǽst, se his hyge trymede, Cd. Th. 249, 23; Dan. 534, Engel hine elne trymede, Exon. Th. 113, 21; Gú. 161.

  • Ðæt man Godes cyricean fæste tremede, ge lǽwede men ge hádode,

      Blickl. Homl. 43, 6.

  • Ðæt hé hiera geleáfan trymede,

      Chr. 430; Erl. 10, 19.

  • Ǽgðer ó ðrum trymede heofonríces hyht,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2104 ; An. 1053.

  • Strangie man and trymme (trumme,

      L. I. P. 4; Th. ii. 308, 4) hí
    mid wíslicre Godes lage, Wulfst. 267, 21.

  • Hé ongon his sefan trymman,

      Exon. Th. 169, 4; Gú. 1089.

  • On ðǽm medwísan is tó trymmanne (trymmianne, Cote. MSS. ) swá hwæt suá hié ongietan mǽgen ðæs godcundan wísðómes in istis aedificandum est, quidquid de superna sapientia cognoscitur, Past. 30; Swt. 503, 10. (3 a) as an ecclesiastical term,

    to confirm,

    v. un-trymed.
of abstract objects, to corroborate, confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement, etc. v. trymmend,
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  • Ic,

    Berhtwulf, ðás míne gesalduisse trymme and fæstna in Cristes róde tácne. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 5, 33 : 47, 20.

  • Gif ic cýðnisse trymmo

    si ego testimonium perhibeo,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 31.

  • Ðæt trymeþ sió hálige ǽ, ðǽr hió cuæð,

      Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 12.

  • Wé trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede

    servavi testimonia tua,

      Ps. Th. 118, 168.

  • Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . . ,

      Past. II ; Swt. 73, 2.

  • Trymme hé eal mid wedde ðæt ðæt hé beháte,

      L. Edm. B. 5; Th. i. 254, 17.

  • Trymmendre

    (confirmante)

    sprǽce,
      Mk. Skt. 16, 20.
to give as surety
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  • Trymide

    commen*-*dabat.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 22.

  • Trymede,

      15, 25.

  • Hí gerǽddon ðæt man tremede gíslas on ǽgðer healfc,

      Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 187, 6.
to trim, to set infirm order, array troops, v. truma
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  • Hié hié bútan clæm geate angeán Hannibal trymedon. Ors. 4,

      10; Swt. 194, 17.

  • Ðæt hié on morgenne hié forð trymedan ongeán heora feóndum,

      Blickl. Homl. 201, 35.

  • Hí trymedon hí fæstlíce ongeán,

      Chr. 1048; Erl. 178,31. 178, 31.

  • Swylce ðǽr man fyrde trymme and samnige, Blickl. Homl. 91, 31. (6 a) of abstract objects, to settle, arrange :-- Hé ðǽr ðone winter wunode and swá his síþfæt trymede and tó Róme com

    ibi kiemem exigens sic Romam veniendi Her repetiit,

      Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 27.
to strengthen with words, exhort,
encourage, comfort
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  • Hí hí midwráðumwordum trymmaþ,

      Ps. Th. 63, 4.

  • Drihten is swíðe mildheort, se us trymede and lǽrde; hé cwæþ: 'Nelle ic ðæs synfullon mannes deáð, ' Blickl. Homl. 97, 32 : Bd. 1,

      23; S. 485, 39: Andr. Kmbl. 927; An. 463.

  • Heáhcyning sprǽce trymede tilmódigne,

      Cd. Th. 130, 27; Gen. 2166.

  • Gé hyra sefan trymedon on frófre,

      Exon. Th. 83, 23; Cri. 1360.

  • Swá hý hine trymedon,

      110, 7; Gú. 104.

  • Bégen gebróþru beornas trymedon, wordon bǽdon,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 49; By. 305.

  • Ðíne láreówas, ða ðec tó góde trymmen,

      Exon. Th. 301, 4; Fa. 14.

  • Lǽran sceal mon geongne monnan, trymman and tyhtan,

      336, 10; Gn. Ex. 46: 280, 33; Jul. 638.

  • Wordum trymman,

      Andr. Kmbl. 856; An. 428.

  • Ðá ongunnon hí hine geornlíce trymman and lǽran

    coeperunt diligenter exhortari,

      Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 30.

  • Trymian,

      Byrht. Th. 132, 17; By. 17.

  • Ðú trymmende earð mec

    exhortatus es me,

      Ps. Surt. 70, 21.

  • Tremegende ide

    monens,

      R. Ben. 4, 15.
intrans. (?)
to become strong
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  • Monig sceal siþþan wyrt onwæcnan; eác ðon wudubearwas tánum týdraþ trymmaþ eorðwelan

    the woods teem with branches, grow strong (?) with the wealth of earth,

      Exon. Th. 191, 7; Az. 84.
to be arrayed. v. truma
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  • Gáras trymedon, blicon bordhreóðan, býman sungon,

      Cd. Th. 187, 28 ; Exod. 159.

  • Fór fyrda mǽst, féðan trymedan,

      Elen. Kmbl. 70; El. 35.
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v. getrymman.
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v.  tremian trumme trymian trymmian fore-trymman.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “trymman.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31093.

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