Middle English Dictionary Entry
trume n.
Entry Info
| Forms | trume n. Also trom(e, (N) trun & (early infl.) trumen. |
| Etymology | OE truma; the form trun may have been influenced by sheltrǒun n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. thrum n.(1).
1.
(a) A military troop, band of warriors, an army; coll. forces, ranks; also in fig. context; (b) an assemblage, a company, retinue; in everi ~, everywhere, among any persons whatsoever; haven mannes ~, ?to prefer the fellowship of men to the spiritual life; ?prefer worldly glory [cp. thrum n.(1) 2.].
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)44/31 : Hire fær is wiðmeten ferdlicen trumen, for þan þe heo wæs mid halgen mægnen embtrymed, & mid ængla þreaten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)13863 : Forð heo gunnen fusen and riden..to..breken þere Freinsce trumen.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14151 : Æfne þan worde wenden to fihte sixti þusend anon..breken Modredes trume.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7092 : Fele baners þai seiȝen com And after hem gret trom.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)105/201 : Many hys þe senne þat me doþ..for þe fend iuint so fele, Þer-of hys alle hys host, And he arrayeþ hare trome As me a-reyt men in fyȝt.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)5432 : Wanne hire hostes were to-gadre y-come, þanne was ther an huge trome, iij hundred þousent & mo.
b
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)20/304 : Þe heouenliche cwen leat i þet eadi trume of schimminde meidnes.
- a1300 11 Pains(1) (Jes-O 29)213 : Vvrþer þer beoþ olde men Þat among neddren habbeþ heore den..euer as heo lyueden lengur So here pynen were strengur, Heo beoþ iput in þilke trume Þat ne leuede nouht in godes sone.
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)403/81 : Þer-bi stondeþ a develes trome And wayteþ þe soule, wen hoe come.
- ?a1300 11 Pains(1) (Dgb 86)405/224 : Monie mo soulen þer beþ in þen beþ in Fraunce dropen of win, Of hem þat heueden monnes trome And ne leueden nout godes come.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)8 : Hauelok was a ful god gome, He was ful god in eueri trome.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)1829 : Broðer..ðu and ðin trume Ben here in ðis place to me welcume.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)25589 : Þi pines in vr hertes write..þat we omang þat ilk trun þat serues ihesu, godd sun, Mai be felau and fere.