Middle English Dictionary Entry
trum adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | trum adj. Also (in surnames) trume, trome, thrum-, tum-; comp. (early) trumre. |
| Etymology | OE |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Steadfast, firm; (b) protected, safeguarded; (c) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(?OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)129/6 : We wylleð eow cyðen beo sumen dæle emb þyssen halgen, þe we todæig wurðigeð, þæt eower geleafe þe trumre seo.
b
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)47/8 : Wið nardra slite, hwylc man mid hym hæfd þeos wyrt..wið eallan nædran heo byð trum [L tutus].
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B)169/15 : Gif hwylc man þas wyrt mid hym hafad, ealle [OE: wið eall] næddrecun he byð trum.
c
- (1236) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames355 : Robert Trumwine.
- (1279) Close R.Edw.I572 : William Trumwyne.
- (1313) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames355 : Alan Tumbald.
- (1315) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames355 : Peter Thrumbald.
- (1316-17) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames355 : Alice Thrumbald.
- (1326) Feet Fines Kent in Archaeol.Cant.15303 : Robert Trome.
- c1444(c1270) Cart.Lewes in Sus.RS 38 (Vsp F.15)142 : John le Trume.