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trum

  • adjective
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trum, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§425; §620;
Firm, strong; firmus,
    Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 236, 8.
of material things, lit. or fig.
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  • He is mé trum weall,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 127.
  • Seó burh Asor wæs swíde trum gefyrn and manegra burga heáfod

    Asor antiquitus inter omnia regna haec principatum tenebat,

      Jos. 11, 10.
  • Trumre underwreþincge

    firmo fulcimento,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 69.
  • On trume stówe in

    locum munitum,

      Ps. Th. 70, 2.
  • Eálá wǽran ða ancras swá trume and swá þurhwuniende,

      Bt. 10; Fox 30, 10.
  • Trume and torhte tungol,

      Exon. Th. 58, 11; Cri. 934.
  • Ofer ealla truma ceastra . . . Hwæt getácniaþ ða truman ceastra

    super omnes civitates munitas . . . Quid per civitates munitas exprimitur?

      Past. 35; Swt. 245, 6.
  • Weal fly trumra,

      Exon. Th. 281, 23; Jul. 650.
  • Biþ Drihten úre se trumesta staþol,

      Blickl. Homl. 13, 10.
  • Mid weallum and geatum and dim trum*-*estum locum getimbrade

    muris, portis, ac seris instructa firmissimis,

      Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 27.
of living things,
strong, sound, having physical health or
strength
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  • Trum validus vel

    vegetus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 21.
  • Gedafenaþ sacerde, ðonne hé mannum fasten scrífeb, ðæt hé wite hwylc se man sig, trum þe untrum [

    validus an invalidus),

      L. Ecg. C. 1; Th. ii. 132, 25.
  • Ðonne se mon his líchoman hǽlo forsihþ. ðonne ðonne hé wel trum biþ tó wyrceanne ðæt hé wile,

      Past. 36; Swt. 249, 5.
  • Wæs eft swá ǽr on his líce trum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2953; An. 1479.
  • Heorot hornum trum. Beo. Th. 2742 ; B. 1369.
  • Eofor tóþmægenes trum,

      Menol. Fox 499; Gn. C. 20.
  • Ða truman (cf. hálan, 1. 3) . . . ða untruman

    incolumes . . . aegri,

      Past. 36; Swt. 247, 5.
strong, able to resist, fortified against
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  • Wið eallum nǽdrum he biþ trum,

      Lchdm. i. 92, 4.
  • Wið eall næddercyn hé biþ trum,

      244, 3.
  • Trume wið deófla níþum,

      Blickl. Homl. 171, 30.
  • Sécaþ gé Drihten and gé beóþ teónan gehwylce ful trume,

      Ps. Th. 104, 4.
in reference to moral qualities,
strong, steadfast, firm
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  • Ne biþ nán man tram ðurh God, baton se ðe hine undergyt untrumne þurh hine sylfne,

      Homl. Th. ii. 392, 5.
  • Iacobus trum in breóstum. Menol. Fox 266; Men. 134.
  • Lǽt mé on ðínum wordum weorilan trumne

    confirma me in verbis tuis.

      Ps. Th. 118, 28.
  • God écne and trumne,

      Cd. Th. 297, 30; Sat. 525.
  • Englas trume and torhte,

      Exon. Th. 55, 15; Cri. 884.
of non-material things,
firm, stable, strong
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  • Ðæt mód ǽgðer ge trum ge untrum

    animus et infirmus et fidelis,

      Past. 51; Swt. 395, 3.
  • Án strica ðære ealdan

    ǽ

    ne biþ forgǽged, óð ðæt hí ealle gefyllede beón. þus trum is seó ealde ǽ,
      Homl. Th. ii. 200, 2.
  • Trum

    ratum,

      Hpt. Gl. 528, 25.
  • Gif ðú mid trumre heortan

    (firmo corde)

    gelýfest,
      Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 43.
  • Heó áhte trumne geleáfan,

      Judth. Thw. 9; Jud. 6.
  • Eówer geleáfa biþ þe trumra, gif gé gehýraþ be Godes hálgum,

      Homl. Th. i. 556, 27. v. med-, mis-, un-trum.
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