Middle English Dictionary Entry
trimmen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | trimmen v. Also trimme, trimen. |
| Etymology | OE trymman, trymian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. bitrum(m)en v., itrimen v.
1.
(a) To exhort (sb. to sth.), encourage; (b) to strengthen (someone's faith); (c) to give birth; ~ of, be delivered of (a son); (d) ~ togeder, to bind (things) together.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)95/33 : Drihten sylf us eac swyðe æðelice trymede to mildheortnysse weorcan on þan godspelle, þa þa he cwæð, [etc.].
b
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)120/23 : Þa wolde he..heoræ bileafæ festlycor trymmen.
c
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1024 : Bi ðan sal sarra selðe timen, Ðat ge sal of a sune trimen.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1198 : Sarra..wurd wið childe, on elde wac, And trimede and cleped it ysaac.
d
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1471 : Horsmen haue had of reed or seggis shevys, Theron carying their armure as thei swymme, But better is..Ha skafys smale, and hem togedir trymme [Veg.(1): yswaþed togidre; L colligatosque] With coorde.