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trymman

  • verb [ weak ]
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Wright's OE grammar
§112; §526;
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede.
to make firm or strong,
of material objects, to construct strongly,
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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.
of non-material objects
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  • 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.
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v. trum,
of physical health or strength, to give strength to, strengthen,
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v. trum,
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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,
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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.
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v. trum,
as an ecclesiastical term, to confirm,
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v. un-trymed.
of abstract objects, to corroborate, confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement, etc.
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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

    commendabat.

    • 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,
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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.
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v. truma
of abstract objects, to settle, arrange
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  • 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.
Grammar
trymman, 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.
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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.  fore-trymman tremian truma trumme trymian trymmend trymmian.
Entry information
Citation

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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