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rúme

  • adverb
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rúme, adv.
local, widely, far and wide, so as to extend over a wide space
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  • Cyning rúme rícsaþ

    a king (the Deity) rules far and wide,

    • Met. 24,32.

  • Rúme geondwlítan ymb healfa gehwone,

    • Exon. Th. 4, 30
      • ;
    • Cri. 60
      • .

  • Heó wíde hire willan sóhte and rúme fleáh,

    • Cd. Th. 87, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1456 : 86,10
      • ;
    • Gen. 1428
      • .

  • Gehýran mæg ic rúme and swá wíde geseón,

    • 42, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 673 : 132, 9
      • ;
    • Gen. 2190
      • .

  • Hié ne meahton leng somed blǽdes brúcan ... ac sceoldon ða rincas rúmor sécan, ellor éðelseld,

    • 113,
      • 31;
    • Gen. 1895 : 115,
      • 1;
    • Gen. 1913
      • .
liberally, extensively, amply, abundantly, in a high degree
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  • Hyt rúme ða wyrmas forþ gelǽdeþ

    it plentifully brings out the worms,

    • Lchdm. i. 282, 23.

  • Drihten rúme lét willeburnan on woruld þringan,

    • Cd. Th. 82, 35
      • ;
    • Gen. 1372 : 75, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 1243
    .

  • Ðú meaht his rúme rǽd geþencan

    for this in ample measure may'st thou devise means,

    • 35, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 561
      • .

  • Ne willaþ rúmor unc landriht heora,

    • 114, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 1910
      • .

  • Wes ðissum leódum árfæst gif ðé Alwalda scirian wille ðæt ðú rúmor ( more liberally than now is in your power(?) ) móte on ðisse folcsceare frætwa dǽlan,

    • 171, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 2828
      • .
without restriction or encumbrance, without the pressure of care.
v. rúm-heort,
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  • Ðá (after Judith's prayer was answered ) wearþ hyre rúme (cf. Ger. aufgeräumt of good cheer )on móde,

    • Judth. Thw. 22, 39
      • ;
    • Jud. 97
      • .
without obstruction, plainly, clearly
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  • Emmanuhel, ðæt is gereht rúme : Nú is God sylfa mid ús,

    • Exon. Th. 9, 13
      • ;
    • Cri. 134
      • .
without contraction, in full
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  • Ðé ic ásecgan ne mæg rúme áreccan (relate at length ), ne gerím witan heardra heteþonca,

    • 261, 12
      • ;
    • Jul. 314
      • ,
Etymology
[
O. Sax. rúmur; cþve. further:
O. H. Ger. rúmo procul, longe.]
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v.  rúm-heort.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “rúme.” 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/26019.

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