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rúm

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rúm, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§131; §278; §282; §335; §426; §562;
local, roomy, spacious, ample, extensive
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  • Se weg is swíðe rúm (cf. Goth. rúms wigs) ðe tó forspillednesse gelǽt

    spatiosa via quae ducit ad perditionem,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13
      • .

  • Ðeós sǽ micel and rúm

    (spatiosum),

    • Ps. Spl. 103, 26
      • .

  • Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones hwealfa biþ, and hú neara ðære eorþan stede is, ðeáh heó ús rúm þince,

    • Bt. 19
      • ;
    • Fox 68, 23
      • .

  • Rúma rodor

    the spacious firmament on high,

    • Met. 28, 16
      • .

  • Ðære sunnan ryne is swíðe rúm, and ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo,

    • Lchdm. iii. 248, 7
      • .

  • Rúme ríce

    a realm far-reaching,

    • Cd. Th. 254, 13
      • ;
    • Dan. 611
      • .

  • Rúmes

    spatiosae, ampli,

    • Hpt. G1. 434, 45 : 493, 29
      • .

  • Ðú gesettes in stówe rúmre (loco spacioso; in roume stede,E. E. Psalt.)foet míne,

    • Ps. Surt. 30, 9
      • .

  • On sumne sméðne feld and rúmne

    (amplam)

    ,
    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 618, 40
      • .

  • Ðis rúme land

    the earth,

    • Cd. Th. 7, 31
      • ;
    • Gen. 114
      • .

  • Ða rúman

    patula,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 61
      • .

  • Hié úte wilniaþ ðara rúmena wega ðisse worulde

    causarum secularium foras lata itinera expetunt,

    • Past. 18, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 135, 6
      • .

  • Sóhton rúmre land,

    • Cd. Th. 99, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 1651
      • .

  • Geseah ic ðone rúmestan (latissimus) feld,

    • Bd, 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 629, 19.
roomy, open, unencumbered.
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  • :-- Ne fersc ne mersc, ne rúh ne rúm

    neither uncleared nor cleared (?) land,

    • Lchdm. iii. 286, 24
      • .

  • Þurh ða rúman

    per patentes,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 69,7.
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v. rúmian
temporal, long, extended
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  • Bútan him se cyng rúmran fyrstes geunnan wolde,

    • L. Eth. vii. 4
      • ;
    • Th. i. 330, 12
      • .
of mental qualities, ample, great, liberal
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  • Ic mæg þurh rúmne sefan rǽd gelǽran,

    • Beo. Th. 561
      • ;
    • B. 278
      • .

  • Rúmran geþeaht,

    • Elen. Kmbl, 2480
      • ;
    • El. 1241
      • .
unrestricted, clear, free from conditions
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  • Ðæt hé hit hæbbe swá rúm tó bóclonde swá hé ǽr hæfde tó lǽnlonde,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 258,29
      • .

  • Ðé weorð on ðínum breóstum rúm

    your mind will be freed from the trammels hitherto restricting it,

    • Cd. Th. 33, 13
      • ;
    • Gen. 519
      • .
not restrained within due limits, lax
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  • Rúme regulas,

    • Exon. Th. 131, 23
      • ;
    • Gú. 460
      • .
ample, far-reaching
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  • Ðíne dómas synd rihte and rúme,

    • Hy. 7, 15
      • .
liberal.
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  • Wel biþ ðam eorle ðe him oninnan hæfþ rúme heortan

    (liberal in giving alms)

    ,
    • Exon. Th. 467, 16.
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v. rúm-gifa, -gifol, -mód v.rúm-heort
great, noble, august
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  • Ðære rúman

    a[u]guste,

    • Wrt. Voc, ii. 5, 22
      • .

  • Rúmum

    augusto, regali,

    • Hpt. G1. 487, 29.

  • Þurh ðæt rúme

    per augustam,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 59
      • .

  • Ðæs æþelan oððe rúme

    fausta,

    • 33. 76
      • .

  • He wollde ȝifenn uss heoffness rume riche,

    • Orm. 3689.

  • Mi nest is holȝ and rum,

    • O. and N. 643.

  • He made ys wey roume ynou,

    • R. Glouc. 303, 28.
      • Make this place rom,
    • Chauc. Reeves T. 206.
Etymology
[
Goth.rúms spatiosus :
O. Frs. rúm spacious, open :
O. H. Ger. rúmi spatiosus, amplus :
Icel. rúmr
.]
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v. ge-rúme.
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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/26016.

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