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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *rūmijan, from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną.
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Verb
rȳman
- to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge, amplify
- to clear the way, clear by removing obstructions
- to make room, give place (to another)
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
- Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.
- We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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