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trymming

  • noun [ feminine ]
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trymming, e; f. <b>I.a</b>
strengthening, confirming, establishing, edification
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  • Se cyning ðæt mǽ (

    the temple)

    Gode betǽhe him and his folce tónge and tók gescyldnysse wið ǽélces yfeles onscyte,
      Homl. Th. ii. 578, 22.
  • Nú wylle wé eów secgan sum ðing ðe eów máge tó trymminge

    that may serve for your edification,

      Homl. Ass. 26, 50.
  • Tó geleáfan trymminge

    for the confirmation of belief,

      5, 111.
  • Trim*-*minge,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 14, 8.
that which strengthens or
supports,
material,
a foundation
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  • Curs móder áwyrtwalaþ trymmincge

    the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations

    (firmamentum,
      Ecclus. 3, 9), Scint. 174, 7.
non-material,
that which edifies
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  • Wé wyllaþ sume óðre trimminge

    (edifying matter)

    be ðære mǽran Godes méder gereccan tó eówre gebetrunge,
      Homl. Th. i. 448, 9.
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v. ge-, ymb-trymming.
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v.  truming.
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