hrum

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrūm.

Noun

hrūm m

1. soot
   • 9th century, Old English martyrology, entry for Bartholomew on August 25:

     He him ætywde miċelne siġelhearwan ðǣm wæs sēo onsȳn sweartre ðonne hrūm ... ― He showed them a big Ethiopian whose face was blacker than soot ...

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hrūm	hrūmas
accusative	hrūm	hrūmas
genitive	hrūmes	hrūma
dative	hrūme	hrūmum

Derived terms

• behrūmian
• ċietelhrūm
• hrūmiġ

Related terms

• behrūmiġ
• hrȳme

See also

• rōmiġ