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Old English · verb

ryman

Normalised rȳman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈryː.mɑn/
Syllables
ˈryː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
amplifyobstructionsreamextendroomyremovingspreadrime

Meaning

  1. to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge, amplify

  2. to clear the way, clear by removing obstructions

  3. to make room, give place (to another)

    Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.

    We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

Conjugation

Conjugation of ryman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular rȳmerȳmde
2nd singular rȳmestrȳmstrȳmdest
3rd singular rȳmeþrȳmþrȳmde
Plural rȳmaþrȳmdon
Subjunctive
Singular rȳmerȳmde
Plural rȳmenrȳmden
Non-finite forms of ryman
Form
Infinitive rȳman
Inflected infinitive rȳmenne
Imperative singular rȳm
Imperative plural rȳmaþ
Present participle rȳmende
Past participle rȳmedġerȳmed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *rūmijan, from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną.

Descendants

ream, rime

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