Old English · noun
hrum
Normalised hrūm
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xruːm/[r̥uːm]
- Syllables
- xruːm (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- soot
Meaning
-
soot
He him ætywde miċelne siġelhearwan ðǣm wæs sēo onsȳn sweartre ðonne hrūm... ― He showed them a big Ethiopian whose face was blacker than soot...
9th century, Old English martyrology, entry for Bartholomew on August 25
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hrūm.
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