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Old English · adjective

trum

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/trum/
Syllables
trum (1 syllable)
Modern English
trimphysically

Meaning

  1. strong, firm; stable, steadfast

  2. physically strong or healthy; sound

    Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

    If then it ever happen that thou shalt find thyself full whole and full strong, and hast all thy friends with thee, both in mind and in body, and in that same work and in that same will which pleaseth thee best to do, wilt thou then be happy at all?

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies

Declension

Strong declension of trum
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative trumtrumutrumotrum
Accusative trumnetrumetrum
Genitive trumestrumretrumes
Dative trumumtrumretrumum
Instrumental trumetrumretrume
Plural
Nominative trumetrumatrumetrumutrumo
Accusative trumetrumatrumetrumutrumo
Genitive trumratrumratrumra
Dative trumumtrumumtrumum
Instrumental trumumtrumumtrumum
Weak declension of trum
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative trumatrumetrume
Accusative trumantrumantrume
Genitive trumantrumantruman
Dative trumantrumantruman
Instrumental trumantrumantruman
Plural
Nominative trumantrumantruman
Accusative trumantrumantruman
Genitive trumratrumenatrumratrumenatrumratrumena
Dative trumumtrumumtrumum
Instrumental trumumtrumumtrumum

All forms (12)

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *trum, or perhaps from theorized Proto-West Germanic *trum, from Proto-Germanic *trumaz, meaning "root". See Breeze 1993.

Descendants

trim

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