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rúm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
rúm, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §278; §282; §335; §426; §562;
local,
room, space
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  • Under rodera rúm,

      Cd. Th. 71, 5; Gen. 1166.

  • Hig næfdon rúm on cumena húse

    non erat eis locus in diversorio,

      Lk. Skt. 2, 7.
temporal,
space of time
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  • Næhtes rúme

    noctis spatio,

      Rtl. 36, 35.

  • Þerh alle tído rúmo

    per omnium horarum spatia,

      171, 41.
time which allows unhindered or
unhurried action, opportunity
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  • Rúm wæs tó nimanne londbúendum on hyra ealdfeóndum herereáf

    the men of the land had ample opportunity of taking the spoil from their ancient foes,

      Judth. Thw. 26, 7; Jud. 314.

  • Hig ne móston rúm habban ðæt hig hit on riht gebócon (

    Aegyptiis nullam facere sinentibus moram

    ),
      Ex. 12, 39.

  • Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan ða him rúm ágeald (

    when the opportunity was given him

    ),
      Beo. Th. 5374; B. 2690.

  • Deáþ ðæs ne scrífeþ ðonne him rúm forlǽt rodora Waldend,

      Met. 10, 30.
Etymology
[Goth. rúms : O. Sax. rúm : O. H. Ger. rúm : Icel. rúm; n.]
Similar entries
v. ge-rúm.
Linked entries
v.  rúmian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rúm.” 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/26015.

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  • rúm, n.

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