Middle English Dictionary Entry
rǒume adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | rǒume adv. Also rom(m)e, rombe, (early) rume; comp. rummere. |
| Etymology | OE rūme |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. aroum(e adv.
1.
(a) Far and wide; ~ riden, widely traveled; (b) widely apart; at a distance; gon rummere, to move on, make room for someone; (c) in full, fully; completely.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)80 : Whi farest þou so fihtinge folk to distroie, And for to winne þe word wendest so romme?
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)581 : Of richesse and renoun romme be ȝe kidde.
- c1450(c1350) Alex.& D.(Bod 264)1131 : Þe romme-riden Alixandre, richest of kingus, Hadde..lettrus þe while Endited to Dindimus.
b
- a1300 Nu sittet (Cmb Mm.1.18)3 : Sittet rume and wel atwe Þat men moþt [read: moȝt] among ev go.
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)2961 : Make space for my lord..But þou go rummere, I swere be Seynt Ion I schal make þe goo.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)3.1012 : Let sette The plauntes..Their deluis depe & rowme asonder se, That schades strecche not fro tre to tre.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)553 : The gretter multitudes mowen be the more eesid in her deuociouns making to God, whilis thei stonden or sitten or knelen rombe fer ech from othir.
c
- a1325 SLeg.Mich.(Corp-C 145)353 : Ȝif he nemai mid is techare make is wei roume [Hrl: rombe], Mid þe stronge he tolleþ þanne, mid is ssrewe þoume.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)6185 : He made is wei roume ynou vorte he com to king knout.
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)93/1860 : Þe geaunt was wonder-strong, Rome þretti fote long.
- a1450 SLeg.Suppl.Bod.(Bod 779)348/11 : Þo þat firmin was of elde, of eyȝtene ȝer roume, his mayster him ladde aboute myd felawis of þe toune.